SUN JOURNAL • January 3, 2021
The Maine Climate Council released its plan to achieve an 80% reduction in carbon emissions by 2030. As both an individual and a business owner, I have worked to cut carbon emissions since 2009, committing to cutting our carbon emissions 50% in 10 years. It was an ambitious goal, but fun to work to achieve. While not inexpensive, at the end our cost of energy as a percent of sales was half what it had been 10 years earlier. Now the Lewiston-Auburn Chamber of Commerce is planning to collaborate with the environmental faculty at Bates College to have students available to help local businesses take steps to cut their carbon emissions and costs. ~ Jim Wellehan, Lamey-Wellehan, Auburn