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In early February 2021 Summit Gas announced a $90 million extension of a gas pipeline along Maine’s Midcoast, from Belfast to Thomaston. Summit predicted that this would greatly reduce greenhouse gas [GHG] emissions. On March 2, Summit withdrew this plan due to community opposition. What now?
Join Belfast Climate Crisis Committee and Belfast Free Library for a Zoom presentation on Monday, March 29, 2021, from 6 to 8 p.m., as they seek answers.
“The heating of our world (the climate crisis) is largely caused by the burning of fossil fuels,” said the Climate Committee, in a news release. “The crisis requires us to respond wisely in deciding what energy sources we use in our communities. How will we reduce our use of GHG – producing fuels while caring for our citizens? What important local and regional decisions must we make to meet the goals of our Maine Climate Action Plan?”
Belfast Climate Crisis Committee to Meet Tuesday, February 16, 2021 4:56 PM Belfast’s Climate Crisis Committee will host its monthly program featuring three young speakers, all involved in promoting efforts to reduce the effects of climate change, on Monday, February 22, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Belfast Free Library will cohost.
Speaker Ania Wright is a recent graduate of College of the Atlantic and serves as a member of the Maine Climate Council. She is also active with Maine Youth for Climate Justice and provides guidance to climate-action teams throughout the state, including those in schools.
Also speaking will be Anna Siegel, a ninth-grader at Waynflete School in Portland, who has been working as an environmental activist for several years.
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Climate Crisis Committee seeks views about future of Little River dams
By Fran Gonzalez and Kendra Caruso | Jan 29, 2021
Courtesy of: Belfast Historical Society and Museum A historic photo of the Little River dams.
The Belfast Climate Crisis Committee held a forum Jan. 25 to gauge public interest in restoring the Little River, which included discussion about the dams.
Led by Committee Chairman Jon Beal, discussion contemplated the best way to restore the river. Conversation centered on the upper and lower dams at the beginning of the river, which have been neglected and are now thought to be in danger of failure. The options discussed included removing or rebuilding the dams.