Maine has abundant clean renewable energy, but it will take continued commitment of elected officials to tap our home-grown sources.
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In September, Environment Maine kicked off an exciting and important new campaign: a “New Energy Future.” Environment Maine secured the endorsement from numerous Maine based organizations including Physicians for Social Responsibility and Maine Center for Economic Policy, as well as 37 state legislative candidates in support of our platform that includes federal and Maine-specific policy goals.
The overall platform goals consist of:
• Reducing dependence on oil by saving one-third of the oil we use today by 2025;
• Harnessing clean, renewable, homegrown energy sources for at least one-quarter of our energy needs by 2025;
• Saving energy with high performance homes, buildings and appliances so that by 2025 we use 10 percent less energy than we do today; and
• Investing in a New Energy Future by tripling research and development funding for the energy-saving and renewable technologies we need to achieve these goals.
For full text of the “New Energy Future” platform, coalition supporters and candidate supporters, click here.
“We will need bold leadership to solve our energy problems,” said Environment Maine Advocate Jennifer Andersen. “By endorsing the ‘New Energy Future’ platform, Maine state legislative candidates have shown their support for moving Maine and America in a new direction that puts our national security, our environment, the global climate and our children’s futures above Big Oil and other powerful interests.”
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