Contact: Media contact: Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777ORONO, Maine — The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee has approved a proposed $1.6 million research program to be led by the University of Maine on abrupt climate change, senators Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) announced today. As contained in legislation to be brought to the read more $1.6 Million Abrupt Climate Change Program Approved by Senate Appropriations Committee