Susan Collins and Climate Change: ‘The Silence is Deafening’

Inside Climate News · By Nathaniel Eisen · last updated March 21, 2026 – 1:04 AM

Seeking a sixth term, the Maine senator’s passivity in the face of executive branch power grabs undermines her greatest electoral strength, as much as it does climate action.

By Nathaniel Eisen

Last August, when reports emerged that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) planned to cancel $7 billion in grants for solar panels for low-income households, including an estimated 20,000 households in Maine, Sen. Susan Collins seemed to defend the move.

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