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 »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
This week, the House passed four funding bills backed by Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-ME)—Financial Services, Agriculture, Transportation, and Interior—to reopen critical agencies in federal government.
“We don’t need gimmicks. We need to reopen the government,” Pingree said on the House floor this morning in support of Interior Appropriations… Read more »
On the heels of a federal report finding that climate change has had an outsize impact on New England, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today announced her support for The Green New Deal, a legislative blueprint proposed by Congresswoman-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and transition the nation to renewable energy sources within ten… Read more »
