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SIGN THE PLEDGE: Take Action on EPC Priorities

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Our priority bills will advance climate action, further environmental justice, protect biodiversity and our environment, and cultivate healthy Maine communities. We’re looking for volunteers to pledge to commit to contacting their elected officials to ensure they support these critical bills! Take Action

Supporting our Wabanaki Neighbors this Thanksgiving

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This Thanksgiving, all of us at Maine Conservation Voters give thanks for your support of the work we do to create a safe, equitable, and healthy environment, democracy, and society for all Maine people. It has been nearly two years since our nation went into lockdown as the pandemic first began to change our lives. … Read more

Rebuilding Stronger from COVID-19 with Clean, Green Recovery for Rural Communities and All Mainers

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The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare inequalities and weaknesses in our economy, communities, and healthcare. It has also reinforced the need to make decisions about our future based on science and truth, not misinformation or fear. Slowing the spread of the virus; ramping up the availability of testing and necessary medical supplies; and meeting the … Read more

The Inaccessibility of the Outdoors for BIPOC

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Living in Maine is synonymous with adventuring outside. As a Maine resident, you have most likely done, or at least know of someone who has done, one of the following: hiked from a local trailhead, canoed along the Kennebec River, climbed Katahdin, or day-tripped to Acadia National Park. All of these activities are quite commonplace, … Read more

Climate Anxiety

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Tragic news about the environment seems to come at us daily. Whether that news is local, like Maine’s sea level rise, or international, such as disappearing small island nations in the Pacific, the deluge of somber reporting on the environment feels endless. As the climate crisis worsens, some experts are turning their concerns to another … Read more

Black Lives Matter

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We condemn the recent murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and countless other Black lives lost to racial violence. We call for accountability for the police officers who have taken these lives, for those that have allowed these lives to be taken, and for a reform of a law enforcement system that allows … Read more