Full Title: Maine Won’t Wait: A Four-Year Plan for Climate Action
Author(s): Maine Climate Council
Publisher(s): Office of the Governor, State of Maine
Publication Date: December 27, 2020
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Description (excerpt):
In June 2019, Governor Janet Mills signed LD 1679 into law, with strong support from the Maine Legislature, to create the Maine Climate Council. The Council — an assembly of scientists, industry leaders, bipartisan local and state officials, and engaged citizens — was charged with developing this four-year Climate Action Plan to put Maine on a trajectory to decrease greenhouse gas emissions by 45% by 2030 and 80% by 2050, and achieve carbon neutrality by 2045. Starting in September of that year, the Council and six working groups and a subcommittee — totaling more than 200 Maine people with a diverse set of experiences and backgrounds — began this work. This four-year Climate Action Plan, Maine Won’t Wait, is the consensus result of those months of painstaking study, dialogue, discussion, and public deliberation to determine the steps Maine must take to combat climate change.