Efforts to add the Pine Tree Amendment to the Maine Constitution are now being led by youth groups.

Youth climate activists in Maine are working to enshrine "the right to a clean and healthy environment" into their state's constitution.

This legislative session saw the passage of a landmark bill to jumpstart the buildout of offshore wind in the Gulf of Maine, which advocates hope will provide a critical source of clean energy while also creating myriad high-quality jobs. Along with that, some other important bills to protect Maine’s environment were approved by lawmakers this year.

The activists on Saturday, April 22 accused Maine’s government of putting the interests of corporations over the interests of the people for too long.

On Earth Day, young environmental activists gathered in Portland to call on leaders to end the fossil fuel era and recognize the injustices that climate change is inflicting on marginalized communities.

Students gathered outside the State House in Augusta Thursday to convince lawmakers to pass bills to help the climate and the environment.

The city and its residents tout the strides toward sustainability, with a rally and march from Monument Square to Portland City Hall, and an event at Payson Park.

Abortion protections. LGBTQ rights. Equity and inclusion. Affordable housing and childcare. Climate change. Those were among the issues highlighted by youth leaders and activists during a forum Tuesday at which young Mainers asked questions of elected leaders and those seeking state office.

The Inflation Reduction Act is the biggest environmental investment in U.S. history. And while celebrating that step forward, some advocates in Maine say the bill falls short of what is ultimately needed to avert the worst impacts of climate change.

Color of Climate (COC) is a Maine-based group working to spread awareness of climate issues while centering young Black and Indigenous voices that have historically been marginalized from the conversation. 

The halls of the Maine State House on Wednesday were filled with a different set of lobbyists – high school kids — there to press for greater action in response to climate change.

Around 100 allies and advocates filled the halls of the State House on Wednesday, joining Wabanaki leaders to urge the legislature to pass a slate of bills that would reinforce tribal sovereignty and treat Indigenous nations in Maine like other tribes around the country.

Dozens of Mainers testified Tuesday against a bill put forward by Gov. Janet Mills that the administration says would hold the state’s investor-owned utilities accountable for poor service but that many advocates argue is not a plausible solution to the systemic issues that have plagued Central Maine Power and Versant.  

Maine environmental groups and young climate change activists are backing a bill that would give teachers a chance to beef up on climate science instruction.

Maine’s Constitution currently makes no mention of protecting the environment. A group of lawmakers and advocates are trying to change that, pushing for an amendment that would enshrine the right to a clean and healthy natural world into state law. 

Hundreds of Mainers held candlelight vigils around the state on Thursday, marking the one-year anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump who were attempting to halt the certification of the 2020 presidential election.

If young people are going to inherit the Earth, they want to make sure they can still live on it.

Opponents of the Central Maine Power corridor gathered outside the Augusta headquarters of the Department of Environmental Protection Thursday to call for the immediate suspension of the power company’s permit to build transmission lines on land in northwestern Maine.

Maine climate change activists say they’re feeling both disappointment and hope for the future after the mixed results of last week’s United Nations summit in Scotland. 

Advocates for the Build Back Better Bill gathered in Lewiston Saturday and spread the message around the importance and urgency of voting in favor of it as it heads to the house.