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Pingree Announces $1M in Federal Grants for Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

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WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Chellie Pingree today welcomed news that the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW) has been awarded $1 million from the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) National Coastal Wetland Conservation Grants program. “I’m excited to see that the Department of the Interior understands just how special Clark Island is—and how important it is to…

How Farmers Are Fighting Climate Change

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How Farmers Are Fighting Climate Change Farming has always been a risky business. These are especially tough times for farmers—they’re operating on thin margins, trade wars are jeopardizing export markets, a serious mental health and substance abuse crisis is ravaging rural communities, and extreme weather events are becoming more frequent. Farmers are acutely feeling the economic effect…

Pingree Co-Sponsors Bill to Keep United States in the Paris Climate Agreement

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today co-sponsored H.R. 9, the Climate Action Now Act, a new bill that would require the Trump administration to remain in the Paris Climate Agreement and to develop a serious plan for how the United States will address climate change. “The Trump administration’s retreat from the Paris Climate Agreement undermined America’s…

Pingree Invites Trump Interior Department Whistleblower to State of the Union

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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) has invited Joel Clement, a Maine-native and former Department of Interior official who has spoken out against the Trump administration’s attempts to suppress climate science, as her guest to this year’s State of the Union. “I’m privileged to have climate change scientist and Mainer Joel Clement as my guest to this year’s State of the Union. The…

Pingree Named Vice Chair of House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior and Environment

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Today, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) was named Vice Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies by Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY).   “I’m honored to be named Vice Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior & Environment and to serve alongside Chairwoman McCollum,” Congresswoman Pingree said. “During…

U.S. Reps. Pingree, Ocasio-Cortez Question Tech CEOs on Sponsorship of Conference Promoting Climate Change Denial

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Today Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-ME) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) wrote to the CEOs of Google, Microsoft and Facebook to question their companies’ high-profile sponsorship of a conference promoting climate change denial. At the recent LibertyCon conference, the three companies were listed among sponsors that also included the CO2 Coalition, Heartland Institute, and…

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