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2023

Throughout 2023 the newsletter will be featuring topics that address climate adaptation and mitigation strategies. Topics will include living shorelines, rain gardens, sea walls, and more. The 'Spotlight' series will highlight useful climate-action resources in Maine.

 See 2023 Editions Below:

• January - An Introduction to Climate Mitigation and Adaptation
• February - Bioretention
• March - Protecting and Maintaining Existing Wetlands
• April - Living Shorelines
• May - Rain Collection Cisterns & Barrels
• June - Manmade Pervious Surfaces

2022

New for 2022, the newsletter will feature a different climate change topic each month and the effect on human life and the environment. Topics range from building and construction, ocean and fresh water, and safety and preparedness. Readers will enjoy segments such as ‘Climate Change and YOU’ which showcases practices and behaviors individuals can undertake to address, mitigate, and adapt to climate change; native landscaping, healthy travel, and energy reduction for example. Sign up here today!

Sign up via email for the newsletter here http://eepurl.com/cC-eH1 A hard-copy version can be mailed to you by contacting info@lcrpc.org.

 See 2022 Editions Below: 

• January - Building and Construction
• February - Energy
• March - Food 
• April - Landscaping 
• May - Public Health
• June - Climate Change and YOU(TH)
• July - Transportation
• August - Groundwater
• September - Surface Water
• October - Storm Safety and Preparedness
• November - Community Resilience
• December - Soil Health

2021

The Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission is preparing a monthly email series titled LCRPC Interprets: ‘Maine Won’t Wait’ Climate Action Plan. The goal of the series is to educate and distill information by providing short, easily digestible summaries of ‘Maine Won’t Wait: A Four-Year Plan for Climate Action.’ Each month will be focused on a specific strategy identified in the Action Plan. The intended audience will be town officials, interested residents, and non-profits + organizations in the area who are stakeholders in planning, land use, and climate change work. See editions from 2021 below: 

Each month will feature a different subject from the Report:

January 2021 – Introduction to newsletter project and the Climate Council’s work.

February 2021 – Effects of Climate Change on Maine

March 2021 – Strategy A: Embrace the Future of Transportation in Maine

April 2021 – Strategy B: Modernize Maine’s Buildings

May 2021 – Strategy C: Reduce Carbon Emissions in Energy and Industrial Sectors

June 2021 – Strategy D: Grow Maine’s Clean-Energy Economy and Protect our Natural Resource Industries

July 2021 – Strategy E: Protect Maine’s Environment

August 2021 – Strategy F: Building Health and Resilient Communities

September 2021 – Strategy G: Invest in Climate-Ready Infrastructure

October 2021 – Strategy H: Engage with Maine’s People and Communities

November 2021 – Implementing Maine’s Climate Action Plan

December 2021 – ‘Maine Won’t Wait’ One Year Later – What the State Has Accomplished in 2021

The monthly newsletters will follow the same format each month:

• An explanation of the subject, including relevant scientific research and the proposed action steps identified in the Climate Action Plan.
• Identification of a connection to municipal government/leadership or acknowledge how the subject affects town governance.
• Promoting a Maine climate change organization, Town, or RPC doing resiliency planning on the topic.
• Highlight a Lincoln County Business with a quick Q&A on how climate change is relevant to their business, or affects their business and how they see it affecting their business in the future. 

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