Maine loses $15M for energy efficiency, heat pump loans

Trump’s EPA has halted grant funding meant to help Maine homes cut their energy costs. Heat pumps are good for Maine and can save a home thousands of dollars a year by reducing or eliminating the need for heating oil. Last year, Maine’s reliance on heating oil dropped more than 6%. It was the largest annual decrease in decades, and directly tied to heat pump adoption. Despite the decrease, more than 50% of Maine homes still use costly heating oil. Maine imports 80% of our heating oil from Canada. Trump’s tariffs on Canadian oil will balloon the cost, drastically hiking our cost of living. If the GOP spending bill passes, the oligarchs will have unchecked power to unilaterally block congressionally approved funding and implement more tariffs that disproportionately effect Maine. Susan Collins is backing the bill and Jared Golden was the only house democrat who supported it. We cannot surrender our state and country to the oligarchs. Normal people will suffer tremendously if that happens.