Report from a Breakout Group at the Boothbay Region Climate Action Team Conference

As reports flow in from the the U.N. COP28 climate summit in Dubia, the message is clear, we are in a new era!

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First an Update on the inaccessibility of public testimonials on Maine Bill Search.

I recently became aware that there are two Maine Bill Search Websites.
When searching Google I selected the first on the list and did not look further as I did not consider the possibility of two websites serving the same function.

The two websites are:

State of Maine Legislature Bill Status Search
Bill Tracking and Text Search - Maine Legislature

The testimonials are accessible through the second link, in the right-hand panel but are not accessible through the top link or in the menu on the left side of either website.

The first link behaves very erratically and will not necessarily bring up LD 2003- HP 1489 and is not consistent in the view that it brings up. The Maine Legislative Librarian pointed out that the testimonies can be accessed through the Chamber status link. Once you click that link things change, erratically, but you can gain access to the testimonies using the firs…