MAINE PUBLIC • September 3, 2021
Maine Gov. Janet Mills is joining her counterparts from nine other states to urge congressional leaders to prioritize climate-change projects in the big spending bills under consideration on Capitol Hill. Mills and other Democratic governors from California to Connecticut sent the letter this week to put the spotlight on green investments in two infrastructure packages making their way through Congress. “What happens in the next couple of months is crucial," says Hannah Pingree, Mills' top climate advisor.