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Maine imports four billion dollars a year of fossil fuels

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Hannah Pingree, at Maine Governor General Election Debate (Maine Public)

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Why we checked itSpecific dollar figure for fossil fuel imports is a concrete, verifiable economic claim
What we foundMaine's fossil fuel import cost is confirmed by multiple official sources, but the $4 billion figure is a floor estimate that understates more recent spending, which official sources place between $4.5 billion and $6 billion depending on the year.
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