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Pingree Secures $2.75 Million to Support Maine’s Clean Energy Workforce

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Maine Clean Energy Partnership Workforce Initiative

WASHINGTON, DC–Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today announced $2,750,000 in Community Project Funding for the Maine Governor’s Energy Office. The funding Pingree secured in the Fiscal Year 2023 Appropriations bill will support the Maine Clean Energy Partnership Workforce Initiative, which develops programming for workforce and training opportunities and provides direct training…

Pingree Secures Nearly $3.5 Million to Improve Water Resiliency in Saco Amid Sea-Level Rise

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Saco Water Resource Recovery Department

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today announced nearly $3.5 million in Community Project Funding to improve water infrastructure resiliency in Saco. With final passage of the Fiscal Year 2023 government funding bill, Pingree secured $3,452,978 for the Saco Water Resource Resiliency Project to make Saco’s existing headworks structure more resilient to the effects of sea-level…

Pingree Secures More than $12 Million for Bigelow Lab

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Bigelow Lab

Senior House Appropriations Member Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today announced more than $12 million in federal funding for Bigelow Laboratory in East Boothbay through Community Project Funding (CPF) in the Fiscal Year 2023 Appropriations bill. One of 15 First District community projects submitted for funding by Pingree totaling $34.5 million, $12,326,000 will support the…

Pingree Secures $5 Million to Aid PFAS-Impacted Farmers

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cows on maine farm

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee, today celebrated final passage of the government funding bill for Fiscal Year 2023 which directs the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to dedicate $5 million to assist farmers whose land has been contaminated by PFAS or “forever chemicals”. As Chair of the…

Pingree Names Falmouth High Schooler Congressional App Challenge Winner

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Maine First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree today announced the winner of the 2022 Congressional App Challenge for her district: Falmouth High School freshman Victoria Wahlig. Victoria’s app “Seal of Approval” is an interactive, fun way to learn eco-friendly boating practices through quizzes.  “The Congressional App Challenge is an opportunity for Maine students to showcase…

Pingree Touts $20 Million from Inflation Reduction Act to Support Solar Projects in Rural Maine

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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today announced $20 million for solar projects in Maine’s First Congressional District, made possible through the historic Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The projects in Gorham and South Berwick are expected to produce more than 16,000,000 kilowatt hours (kWh) of combined electricity in their first full year of operation, and will create good…

Pingree, House Vote to Support BIW Jobs, Address PFAS Contamination, Bolster Support for Ukraine

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Today Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) voted to advance the Fiscal Year 2023 annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which authorizes three Bath Iron Works-built Arleigh Burke destroyers, requires the Department of Defense to study and reduce the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), makes substantial investments in clean energy and climate…

Pingree Secures $45 Million for Camp Ellis Erosion Project in Defense Bill

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After long-championing additional funds for the Camp Ellis project in Saco, today Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) celebrated a provision in the Fiscal Year 2023 annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which will authorize $45 million in federal funding to address the severe erosion at Camp Ellis. Pingree and the House are expected to vote on the annual…

Maine Delegation Welcomes $5 Million to Aid Passamaquoddy Impacted by Climate Change

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U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and U.S. Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden welcomed a $5 million planning grant for the Passamaquoddy Tribe to respond to climate-related environmental threats.  The grant was awarded through the U.S. Department of the Interior’s newly announced Voluntary Community-Driven Relocation program and funded by the Bipartisan…

Pingree Celebrates Pine Tree State’s Climate Progress on 2nd Anniversary of ‘Maine Won’t Wait’

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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today celebrated the Governor Mills Administration’s progress over the last two years to implement Maine’s Climate Action Plan known as “Maine Won’t Wait” and released the following statement: “Today we mark the half-way point of Maine’s four-year Climate Action Plan. Maine’s tremendous progress is truly something to celebrate,…

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