Maine may benefit from a warming Arctic, Angus King says

SUN JOURNAL • February 5, 2021

As the Arctic grows ever warmer, one of the many impacts of climate change, it is likely to present Maine with “a huge opportunity,” U.S. Sen. Angus King told students and educators on a Friday Zoom session. King said newly opened shipping lanes through the Northwest Passage means Maine should benefit from having three excellent deep-water ports that would be the first ones ships heading from Asia to the East Coast would reach.