Alliance members are working to achieve the Paris Agreement’s goal of keeping temperature increases below 1.5 degrees Celsius by reducing emissions, accelerating action, centering equity, and tracking progress. 

Explore Maine's policies and actions across the Alliance's 10 key policy areas. Numbers presented below only reflect the number of policies in this database and thus may not reflect all climate policies pursued.

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Just Transition + Equity

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Pricing Carbon + Valuing Damages

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LD 1733: An Act To Provide Allocations for the Distribution of State Fiscal Recovery Funds

This bill requires the Department of Administrative and Financial Services to submit legislation to the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs that, using funding from the State Fiscal Recovery Fund as established by the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, accomplishes the following goals:
1. Immediate recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic;
2. Long-term economic growth; and
3. Infrastructure revitalization.

Maine’s Clean Energy Partnership (CEP) was established to advance Maine’s clean energy, climate, economic development, and workforce goals – including Governor Janet Mills' goal of more than doubling Maine’s clean energy and energy efficiency jobs by 2030.

Supported by the Maine Jobs and Recovery Plan, the Clean Energy Partnership will convene leading experts to sustain attention and promote collaboration to address emerging needs, build new and expand existing supply chains, and support opportunities for Maine in these fast-growing fields. This public-private partnership will play a critical role in Maine’s economic recovery and growth.

Clean Energy Partnership

Final Recommendations of the Equity Subcommittee

Over the past two years, the Equity Subcommittee met to discuss Maine Won’t Wait, the state’s four-year climate action plan, and to make recommendations for ensuring that all Mainers can benefit from climate action. In January 2022, the Equity Subcommittee adopted its interim recommendations for report to the Maine Climate Council.

Following the adoption of its interim recommendations, the subcommittee proposed further consultation with Maine Climate Council working groups to refine and revise their recommendations. In January 2023, the Equity Subcommittee adopted its final recommendations for submission to the Maine Climate Council.

LD 1485, An Act Regarding Maine's Energy Future

Established the Efficiency Maine Trust for the purposes of developing, planning, coordinating and implementing energy efficiency and alternative energy resources
programs in the State.

Maine Won't Wait Progress Report 2022

This report outlines progress on the actions outlined in Maine's four-year Climate Action Plan, “Maine Won't Wait."

The commissioner in approving school bus purchases, contracts and leases under subsection 15 shall to the extent practicable grant such approvals in a manner designed to result by 2035 in at least 75% of annual school bus acquisitions being zero-emission vehicles