Steve DeZenzo, left, and Travis Roux, workers for Royal River Heat Pumps, set an outdoor unit into position at a home in Cumberland in October. Maine’s effort to promote heat pump installations is continuing despite concerns about federal funding. Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer Most of the federal money Maine is counting on to achieve its ambitious climate goals is still flowing, at least for now, despite President Donald Trump’s plan to withdraw support for clean energy and conservation projects, according to state climate officials. “A lot of people think all these grants have been canceled and that is not the case,” said Hannah Pingree, the co-chair of the Maine Climate Council, during a quarterly meeting on Friday. “These programs, from weatherization to heat pump installation, are happening.” Related Report lays out Maine’s latest climate projections. Here’s what you need to know. The meeting was the council’s first since last year’s update of Maine Won’t Wait , the state climate action plan. Given the federal government’s changing climate policy, Pingree said the council may eventually have to reconsider some of Maine’s climate change projections, timeline and goals. But that can’t happen until “after the dust settles,” most likely toward the end of the year, Pingree said. There were some notable exceptions to Maine’s relatively stable climate funding situation: energy efficiency and electric vehicle charging infrastructure funds, climate and solar grants to Maine farmers, and forestry grants designed to increase carbon storage in the most heavily forested state in the country. Federal authorities froze a $25 million federal grant to Efficiency Maine’s Green Bank, which issues loans to help homeowners and small businesses pay for energy efficiency projects, after the funding was deposited in Efficiency Maine’s bank account, said executive director Michael Stoddard. Efficiency Maine is one of several green banks that […]