The Climate Monitor newsletter is a weekly roundup by The Maine Monitor of Maine’s most urgent environmental and energy-related news. The newsletter is delivered by email Friday mornings and the story portion of each edition is archived below.
What the public lands fight means for Maine
“It’s hard for me to understand how gutting ‘America’s best idea’ isn’t America’s worst idea,” said Sen. Angus King.
Maine lawmakers try to thread the needle on forest protections
The legislation also protects Maine’s undeveloped lakes and ponds through prescriptive conservation measures.
Maine lawmakers advance dam safety legislation
One bill would bolster Maine’s dam safety agency and hold negligent dam owners accountable while the other would inject $5 million to a state fund for dam repairs.
Maine resilience projects face yet another funding setback
The Trump administration is scaling back a multi-billion dollar hazard mitigation grant program that states have long used to protect homes and businesses from floods and other disasters.
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