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- May 2023
The Center Square: Maine Governor Named to Climate Coalition
May 5, 2023
Maine Governor Mills is named a co-chair on the U.S. Climate Alliance Executive Committee.
“Maine’s governor has been elected co-chairwoman of the U.S. Climate Alliance.
Gov. Janet Mills on Friday became the first governor from a non-founding member state to lead the organization. The U.S. Climate Alliance, according to a release, is a coalition comprised of 25 bipartisan governors who are battling climate change.
Mills shares chairmanship with Washington Gov. Jay Inslee by the group’s membership in Washington, D.C., according to a release.
‘Shortly after being elected governor, I declared that ‘Maine Won’t Wait’ to address climate change,’ Mills said in a statement. ‘Over the past four years, we have made significant progress in embracing clean energy, transitioning to climate-friendly technologies that strengthen our economy, and making our state and our people more resilient to the impacts of climate change.’”
About the Alliance
Launched in 2017 by the governors of Washington, New York, and California to help fill the void left by the U.S. federal government’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, the Alliance has grown to include 24 governors from across the U.S. representing approximately 60 percent of the U.S. economy and 55 percent of the U.S. population. Governors in the Alliance have pledged to collectively reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 26-28 percent by 2025, 50-52 percent by 2030, and 61-66 percent by 2035, all below 2005 levels, and collectively achieve overall net-zero greenhouse gas emissions as soon as practicable, and no later than 2050.
The Alliance’s states and territories continue to advance innovative and impactful climate solutions to grow the economy, create jobs, and protect public health, and have a long record of action and results. In fact, the latest data shows that as of 2023, the Alliance has reduced its collective net greenhouse gas emissions by 24 percent below 2005 levels, while increasing collective GDP by 34 percent, and is on track to meet its near-term climate goal of reducing collective greenhouse gas emissions 26 percent below 2005 levels by 2025.
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