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.
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.
AmeriCorps cuts threaten climate resilience, conservation across Maine
Forty-six AmeriCorps members were already working in Maine, and another 70 were scheduled to start last week — days after the termination went out.
Trump administration seeks to expand offshore oil and gas drilling, including in Gulf of Maine
The administration also moved to speed up permitting for a range of energy sources, primarily fossil fuels.
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