1:00-1:15 Welcome

• Welcome, logistics, zoom protocols, land acknowledgement.
• Update on WG, Steering, MCC

1:15-1:45 Update and Discussion about assessment report process

• Timeline and logistics
• Information Needs section

1:45-3:30 What are the key draft science Information Needs for our final 2024 assessment report?

•    9:00 AM: Welcome
•    9:10 AM: Engaging with Priority Populations, UMaine (TBD)
•    9:50 AM: Eelgrass Monitoring Work, DEP (TBD
•    10:15 AM: Brief Subcommittee Updates
•    10:50 AM: Public Input
•    11:00 PM: Subcommittee Breakouts
•    12:00 PM: Adjourn

*Working Group and Subcommi6ee meeting materials are publicly available on a shared folder: https://tinyurl.com/48arx8hc

June Materials Management Task Force Meeting Agenda

Agenda in progress

To request interpretation services (American Sign Language) or spoken language interpretation services (Somali, Arabic, French, Spanish, Chinese-Mandarin, Khmer, Russian, Vietnamese, Portuguese) for this meeting, or to request other accommodations, please email maineclimatecouncil@maine.gov. 

To find a carpool using the GO Maine website:

Agenda: Precise Times Subject to Change 

• 12:30pm: Welcome, Accept Meeting Minutes from March MMTF meeting and small group discussion (available in March 22nd MMTF Meeting Resources), Introductions if needed. 
• 12:40pm: Presentations and Q&A  
• 10 minutes: Maine Food Loss and Waste Study 
• 10 minutes: Q&A 
• 1:00pm: Proposed Policy Recommendations Discussion 
• 1:45pm: Break 
• 2:00pm: Proposed Policy Recommendations Discussion Continued 
• 3:30pm: Meeting Adjourns 

12:30p.m. to 12:40p.m. -- Welcome, accept meeting minutes from February

12:40p.m. to 2:00p.m. -- Presentations and Q&A

• 12:30pm: Welcome, Accept Meeting Minutes from January, Introductions (members who couldn’t make first meeting, presenters)
• 12:40pm: Presentations and Q&A on Reuse, Repair, and Refillables (10 minutes each): 
  • Maine GearShare
  • SHARECenter
  • Upstream
  • Goodwill
  • GoGo Refill
• 2:00pm: Break
• 2:15pm: Community Resources Discussion – Repair Cafes, Swap Shops, Tool Lending Libraries, Yard Sales, etc. 
• 2:40pm: Open Policy Discussion on Reuse, Repair, Refill 
• 3:00pm: Proposed Policy Rec

The Energy Working Group (EWG) is one of six working groups of the Maine Climate Council (MCC) responsible for developing, evaluating, and recommending strategies for the MCC to consider in the update of Maine Won’t Wait by December 2024.

At the group’s third meeting, the EWG will discuss draft priority topics for the updated plan and identify key inputs needed to have productive conversations on each. Guest presenters will provide information on regional resource adequacy and energy planning, and Maine energy costs trends. 

Cabinet on Aging Meeting: December 1, 2023 (3-4 PM)
(By Zoom)
I. Welcome
II. Cabinet Updates
a. Caregiver Supports: Respite for ME preliminary evaluation findings for Year One
III. Housing Initiatives
a. Housing Production Needs Study
b. L.D. 654, Resolve Directing the Office of Policy Innovation and the Future to Study Methods to Encourage the Development of Accessory Dwelling Units
c. L.D. 709 Home Share Pilot Program
IV. Member Updates:
a. Statewide needs assessment
b. Other Updates
V. Next Meeting

1:00p.m. to 1:15p.m. -- Welcome and introductions

1:15p.m. to 1:50p.m. -- Task Force topics and goals discussion

1:50p.m. to 2:15p.m. -- Task Force timeline review

2:15p.m. to 2:50p.m. -- Consumption-Based Emissions Inventory overview presentation

2:50p.m. to 3:00p.m. -- Wrap up