BANGOR DAILY NEWS • November 11, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden and Vice president-elect Kamala Harris call climate change “an existential threat.” Making climate change a top priority — and even acknowledging its existence — will be a welcome change from the Trump administration. The president-elect’s climate policy includes a $1.7 trillion investment in clean energy and green jobs, which, in addition to lowering greenhouse gas emissions, will increase employment and stimulate the economy. Already, jobs in the green energy sector outnumberjobs in the fossil fuel industry by three to one. Adapting to climate change also requires changes in farming and forestry, major industries in Maine.