Last week, Maine released the second iteration of its climate action plan, “Maine Won’t Wait 2.0.” This newspaper’s editorial board responded (Nov. 24) by saying it’s time for Maine to “lock in” its efforts to combat climate change.
That editorial also criticized a recent analysis of the costs of decarbonization by the Maine Policy Institute and partner groups as being too narrowly focused on what people pay in household electricity bills.
To be frank, I couldn’t agree more that it’s time for Maine to take real climate action. Why? Because I have no doubt that if the politicians who dream up these reckless schemes could get their way, voters would boot them out of office at their earliest convenience.
Click here to read the full op-ed published in the Portland Press Herald and written by Maine Policy’s director of legislative affairs, Jacob Posik.