Communities around Maine are taking decisive action on climate change, from electrifying transit and school buses, to weatherizing public buildings, preparing climate action plans and improving vulnerable infrastructure.
There are many different ways to get started. Some communities start with cost-saving projects like converting indoor lighting and streetlights to LED bulbs or installing energy efficient heat pumps in public buildings. Other communities start with robust public dialog and organization that culminates in a call for action. Still other communities will pursue a comprehensive climate action planning process that lays out a clear path forward. All of these are examples of viable and useful starting points from actual communities in Maine.
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Enrolled Communities as of September 27, 2023
- Abbot
- Aroostook Band of Micmacs
- Arrowsic
- Bangor
- Bar Harbor
- Bath
- Beaver Cove
- Belfast
- Berwick
- Bethel
- Biddeford
- Blue Hill
- Bowdoinham
- Bridgton
- Brooklin
- Brooksville
- Brunswick
- Burlington
- Camden
- Carrabassett Valley
- Carthage
- Casco
- Castine
- Chebeague Island
- Chelsea
- Cherryfield
- Chesterville
- Cranberry Isles
- Cumberland
- Danforth
- Deer Isle
- Dixmont
- Dover-Foxcroft
- Eastport
- Eliot
- Ellsworth
- Enfield
- Eustis
- Fairfield
- Falmouth
- Farmington
- Fort Kent
- Freedom
- Freeport
- Fryeburg
- Garland
- Georgetown
- Gouldsboro
- Gorham
- Greenville
- Greenwood
- Hallowell
- Harpswell
- Hartford
- Howland
- Islesboro
- Jay
- Jonesport
- Kennebunk
- Kennebunkport
- Kingfield
- Kittery
- Lamoine
- Limestone
- Lisbon
- Livermore
- Long Island
- Lovell
- Lowell
- Lubec
- Machias
- Mariaville
- Mechanic Falls
- Millinocket
- Monhegan Plantation
- Mount Desert
- North Haven
- North Yarmouth
- Northport
- Norway
- Ogunquit
- Old Orchard Beach
- Old Town
- Orono
- Otisfield
- Paris
- Passamaquoddy Tribe at Indian Township
- Penobscot
- Penobscot Nation
- Phillips
- Phippsburg
- Pleasant Point (Passamaquoddy Tribe)
- Poland
- Portland
- Rangeley
- Rockland
- Rockport
- Saco
- Scarborough
- Sedgwick
- Skowhegan
- Solon
- South Portland
- South Thomaston
- Southwest Harbor
- St. George
- Standish
- Starks
- Stonington
- Sumner
- Surry
- Thomaston
- Topsham
- Tremont
- Vassalboro
- Vinalhaven
- Waldoboro
- Waterford
- Waterville
- Westbrook
- Westport Island
- Whiting
- Whitneyville
- Wilton
- Windham
- Woodstock
- Woolwich
- Yarmouth
- York
Communities Working with Service Providers to Enroll
- Alna
- Avon
- Beals Island
- Boothbay
- Boothbay Harbor
- Brooks
- Buckfield
- Caribou
- China
- Clinton
- Cutler
- Damariscotta
- Durham
- Fort Fairfield
- Frenchboro
- Frenchville
- Gardiner
- Gray
- Hanover
- Houlton Band of Maliseets
- Isle au Haut
- Madawaska
- Manchester
- Matinicus Plantation
- Minot
- Montville
- Mount Vernon
- New Gloucester
- North Haven
- Owl's Head
- Roque Bluffs
- Sanford
- Southport
- Stoneham
- Strong
- Swan's Island
- Van Buren
- Vanceboro
- Vienna
- Wales
- Washburn
- Waterboro
- West Paris
- Winslow
- Winthrop
- Wiscasset