BANGOR DAILY NEWS • January 13, 2026
The severe weather caused by climate change negatively affects people. I attend King Middle School. We’ve debated energy sources and climate change. I believe Maine should focus on wind and solar power to become carbon neutral by 2045 in order to reduce climate change. Maine should use wind, a clean energy source, to mitigate climate change. We need to focus on wind and solar power in order to reduce and reverse the effects of climate change and become carbon neutral by 2045. Whatever you can do to help, whether it’s installing solar panels on your roof, wind turbines on farms, growing your own food, or even riding your bike to work, I encourage you to do whatever you can to reduce our carbon emissions and help Maine stop climate change. ~ Mercury Kupferberg, Portland