Dear John,

On this date two years ago, I ran into a washed out road with my 5-year old son in the backseat. When I jumped out of the car to take some video footage, like a good “newsy," he asked “Why is the water over the road?” I told him “Well, there was a big storm, and the road couldn’t handle it.” What I told him was true, but I left out the reality of climate change.

That’s not his burden to carry, not yet at least. It’s the “grown ups” who need to fix this.

Today marks the two-year anniversary of the last in a series of devastating storms that hit Maine in December 2023 and January 2024. I was still forecasting the weather at the time, and I remember the storms vividly. What really struck me was how DIRECTLY the damage from the storms could be tied to climate change.

I break down the science of that connection in this video from MCV. Give it a watch to better understand how climate change fueled these storms.
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Storms like these are part of why I decided to join Maine Conservation Voters. It’s no longer theoretical: the impacts of climate change are here, and they are damaging the state I love so much. It’s time to take aggressive action to do everything we can to slow down this threat.

The solutions can seem overwhelming at times, but there are steps we can take right here in Maine.

Take the Maine Climate Superfund Bill [[link removed]] (LD 1870) before the Maine legislature. It would hold fossil fuel companies accountable for the damage they’ve caused to Maine, requiring them to pay into a fund that will be used for resiliency and adaptation projects in communities across the state.

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This is just one example of how we can take action for our future. Together, we can ensure the devastating storms from two years ago aren’t accepted as "the new normal" and leave a better future for our kids.

Let's do this
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Keith Carson
Director of Environment & Science Communications
Maine Conservation Voters
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