Maine Climate Council

The EPA on Monday announced that Maine will receive $3 million in funding from the Inflation Reduction Act for cutting pollution that contributes to climate change.

As of 2019, the report found, Maine's gross greenhouse gas emissions were 25% lower than in 1990. Transportation accounted for half of the state's total emissions, and those emissions had fallen by 8% since 1990. More significant emissions reductions came from the production of electric power.

The announcement came from Gov. Janet Mills at the Maine Climate Council's first-ever conference, where hundreds gathered on Friday in Augusta.

Maine hopes to submit a final plan for using electric vehicle charging funds by July 1, with the goal of getting federal approval by September.

Climate change will impact all Maine residents, but those with fewer resources may have a harder time responding to that change.

The funding is part of the 2022 omnibus appropriations bill which was signed into law earlier this week.

On Wednesday, the Mills administration released a Climate Action Plan progress report that says Maine has made “significant strides” toward the ambitious goals established a year ago.

Leaders from around the globe are converging on Glasgow, Scotland for what has been billed as the most consequential U.N. climate summit in years. While much of the discussion at COP26 will be about worldwide or country-specific emissions levels, what emerges will shape policy decisions at the local level.

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