"Focus on opportunities": Western Maine sees benefits in tackling climate change sunjournal.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sunjournal.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Over the last several years, much thought has been put into how Maine should respond to the challenges of climate change. But what about its potential benefits? Scientists say it's possible that by mid-century, parts of the state could see some good things come from climate change, such as milder, easier winters, lower mortality rates and an increasing population.
DOVER-FOXCROFT The Dover-Foxcroft Select Board gave the town and its climate committee approval Monday to join a state program that provides assistance and grants to communities working to address the effects of climate change.
Becoming a member of the Community Resilience Partnership is a major step for the town’s Climate Action Advisory Committee, which plans to apply for a round of grants worth up to $50,000 in March.
Dover-Foxcroft selectboard approves formation of climate change advisory committee observer-me.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from observer-me.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Maine county commissioners have ‘huge incentive’ to pass extreme resolutions Contributed • February 15, 2021
By David Marino Jr., Bangor Daily News Staff
Recent resolutions stridently opposing Gov. Janet Mills’ COVID-19 measures from commissioners in Androscoggin and Piscataquis counties have focused new attention on a level of government that seldom attracts much notice.
All 16 of Maine’s counties are governed by county commissioners, but their power is generally limited to setting budgets for sheriff’s offices, jails and a few other functions, as well as some local matters in the sparsely populated unorganized territories.
Their relative lack of direct influence coupled with the public’s general lack of interest in the positions make county commissions ripe for overt partisanship, according to experts and those with experience in Maine county government.