Maine
Climate Council

A Message From The Co‑Chairs

Maine can’t wait to fight climate change. Warming lands and oceans threaten our way of life, and risk leaving our children and grandchildren living in a state we would not recognize. Our future — their future — is at stake.

This is why Maine adopted some of the country’s most ambitious climate change and renewable energy goals. These remain urgent during COVID-19, as we strive to understand how the pandemic may affect our climate future, and how Maine can recover from the significant economic disruption it has caused.

No single step will get us to our goals. But the Maine Climate Council is committed to meeting this challenge head-on, so we can protect our precious air, water and soil for future generations, and build new industries with lasting opportunities for Maine people to be paid well, for jobs they love, right here.

—Hannah Pingree, Director, Governor's Office of Policy Innovation and the Future, and Jerry Reid, Commissioner, Maine Department of Environmental Protection, co-chairs, Maine Climate Council


(Header photo credit: Tom Groening, Island Institute)