MAINE MORNING STAR • March 25, 2026
Sen. Susan Collins continues to back some climate and environmental efforts, but she has largely stood by during the Trump administration’s all-out assault on federal climate and clean energy policy. When the Department of Energy released a so-called “critical review” of climate science by five hand-picked climate skeptics—Collins did not speak out. Nor did she publicly oppose the EPA’s move to repeal the endangerment finding underlying all current federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions. Or any of the administration’s many moves to block already permitted offshore wind developments, including in New England. “The silence is deafening,” said Jesse Lee, a senior advisor to the nonprofit group Climate Power.