MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • February 4, 2024
Communities across the state, from Kittery to Fort Kent and from the shoreline to the western mountains, are looking to the government to help them prepare for Maine’s warmer, wetter future, including more frequent and ferocious storms and a fast-warming, continually rising Gulf of Maine. Gov. Janet Mills wants to invest $50 million into a state climate change adaptation fund that is already helping communities across the state prepare for more storms fueled by climate change.