PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • January 22, 2025
Here in Maine, we understand that climate change poses real risks. That’s why it’s alarming that a Project 2025 author, who is hellbent on ousting science and public health experts and gutting clean energy investments, could take a powerful post in President Trump’s administration. The U.S. Senate just held a hearing on the nomination of Russell Vought to lead the Office of Management and Budget. I’m extremely concerned about his promises to dismantle safeguards and solutions that our communities depend on. Vought wants to remove any consideration of “climate” from the government, as if that might erase the impacts people in Maine are already facing. It’s clear that Vought will use his power to gut investments in clean energy and grid resilience. Sen. Collins should reject his confirmation. ~ Chandler Green, Environmental Defense Fund