A conversation with the director of Maine’s new resilience office

A conversation with the director of Maine’s new resilience office

Susan Manning stands ankle-deep in the tide in a flooded parking lot in Camden as she keeps an eye on her boat, the Hopeful Outlook (at far left), about an hour after high tide during a Jan. 13, 2024 storm. Photo by Annie Ropeik.When Governor Janet Mills introduced her landmark bipartisan climate law this January there was already broad agreement that Maine needed to do more to defend against rising sea levels and intensifying storms. The widesp…