Maine Communities for Climate Solutions!
Welcome!
Are you looking to make a difference in the climate crisis? Have you sensed that reducing your personal carbon footprint isn’t going to make the kind of difference you’d like to make? You have come to the right place!
About
Carbon Cashback 4ME (CCB4ME) is a campaign aimed at getting municipalities throughout Maine to pass resolutions supporting a national “carbon fee and dividend” policy solution to reduce greenhouse gasses swiftly, effectively, and fairly, in time to avoid the 2℃ increase in global temperatures.
Through generating grassroots support for big policy action, we can show our Members of Congress that constituents are ready for fair, effective, realistic climate policy that will shift us away from fossil fuels, speed the transition to renewable energy, and swiftly cut the carbon emissions that are responsible for climate change.
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If we act together, big things can happen! Policy solutions that involve wide-scale change in societal energy economics are necessary to reduce carbon emissions enough, and in time. We need to enact effective, swift, and equitable policies to move us away from our destructive energy system.
For more information about the solution and how you can help, please watch this short introductory video and explore the tabs below.
What is Carbon Fee and Dividend?
Who says it works?
Who else is doing it?
Emissions reductions, jobs, dividends, health improvement
Household Impacts
Regional Economic Impacts
Carbon Dividend Calculator
The Carbon Cashback 4ME Campaign
How does a community endorse Carbon Cashback?
Steps to Take for Your Campaign
Sample resolutions
Follow-up to successful passage
Support for Your Town Campaign
Handouts
Slide shows
Videos
Home Carbon Dividend Calculator
Op Eds and LTEs
Columbia University on EICDA Act
Household Impact study
Regional Economic Modelling Report
US Office of Tax Analysis
Energy Innovation Act and IPCC targets
EnROADS Climate Simulator
Municipalities on the Map below have active Town Champions or have already endorsed. We have now also added Endorsements from Businesses, Environmental Organizations and other Organizations
CCB4ME Colby volunteer Ellie Batchelder has updated the map to include organizations and businesses that have endorsed climate action. These are endorsements that have been secured by CCL volunteers over the past few years. We'll continue to update the map as information becomes available.
Green: Town that has Endorsed the Resolution due to CCL efforts prior to the current CCB4ME Campaign
Blue: Town or City with Active Town Champions
Red: Town or City that passed a Resolution or Article in one of these ways: a vote by townspeople at a town meeting, a vote by a Town Select Board or a vote by a town or city Council.
Yellow: Businesses
Green Pine Tree: Environmental Organizations
Miscellaneous Symbols: for other Organizations