Clean Energy, Made in Maine

Health officials, businesses and more join our campaign to expand clean energy in Maine

Clean energy will cut pollution, safeguard our health, and create thousands of new manufacturing and construction jobs — from building, operating, and manufacturing components for wind farms and solar panels, to installing energy efficient-equipment in our homes and businesses.

Clean energy is so important to our environment, health and future that Maine people deserve a chance to weigh in directly. That’s why we’re working with a coalition of health officials, clean energy and construction companies, workers, and citizens across the state to put an initiative to expand clean energy on the ballot in November 2012.

The citizen initiative would require that 20% of Maine’s electricity come from clean, renewable energy, like solar and wind, by 2020. It also would give a big boost to energy efficiency, requiring power companies to invest in efficiency measures whenever it lowers costs for consumers. 

Gov. LePage wants to get rid of Maine’s clean energy standard

Gov. Paul LePage says one of his top priorities for 2012 is to get rid of Maine’s clean energy standard, but that would mean more pollution and fewer clean energy jobs.

The good news? Once we qualify the initiative for the ballot, Gov. LePage won’t be able to advance legislation to gut Maine’s clean energy standard — the rules prohibit it. 

Our clean energy initiative will let the people of Maine decide our energy future. 

With your help, we can build a clean energy future

Together, we can break Maine’s dependence on dirty, polluting energy sources and shift to clean energy that’s made in Maine — cutting pollution, protecting our health, and creating jobs.

The first step is to collect the 71,500 signatures by late January to qualify the initiative for the 2012 ballot.

Thanks to people like you, we’re well on our way. A small army of volunteers fanned out across the state to collect signatures on Election Day, at their local farmers’ markets, at holiday celebrations, at transfer stations, and many other places, making significant progress toward our goal. But we still have thousands of signatures to go and only a matter of weeks left to collect them.

We need you to get involved if we’re going to qualify the initiative for the ballot. Join our campaign by volunteering today to collect signatures.