Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (ME-01) today heralded the investment of $156,000 in USDA Rural Development funds being granted to Maine businesses. The Rural Energy for America (REAP) program assists with renewable energy development and supports Maine’s rural small businesses. 12 grants were awarded in Maine; 7 in the 1st Congressional District.
“Small businesses are the cornerstone… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Vice Chair of the House Appropriations Interior Subcommittee, today announced that the full House Appropriations Committee has approved the FY2020 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, which increases discretionary funding by $1.73 billion from the 2019 level. The bill lays out a very different vision from the Trump… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
Golden and Pingree’s legislation helps add iconic coastline to Acadia National Park, allows clammers and wormers to continue to harvest in intertidal zones around the park, and reauthorizes the Acadia National Park Commission. Read more »
Late yesterday, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-ME) introduced legislation to include the include the York River in the National Park Service’s Wild and Scenic River System. Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-ME) hailed today’s introduction of the Green New Deal, a roadmap to making the nation carbon neutral within the next 10 years while creating green energy jobs. Read more »
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… Read more »
