Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today announced $3,457,812 in AmeriCorps funding for environmental stewardship and child development programs in Maine. The State and National grants and education awards will support approximately 226 AmeriCorps members who will collaborate with Maine organizations’ mission to boost climate resilience, protect and conserve public lands, and improve… Read more »
Today, U.S. Senator Angus King, Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on National Parks, and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior and Environment, attended the groundbreaking of Acadia National Park’s new maintenance facility. The 32,000-square-foot building funded by the bipartisan Great American Outdoors Act… Read more »
.S. Senator Angus King and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree today announced that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is awarding Maine $5,108,413 to support coastal communities and address impacts of climate change. This funding comes from NOAA’s Climate Ready Coasts Initiative and is funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today joined Senator Edward Markey (D-Mass.), Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), and other Congressional Progressive Caucus members in marking the Green New Deal’s fourth anniversary. In a press conference on Capitol Hill, the Members unveiled new Green New Deal legislation, highlighted climate progress in the Inflation Reduction… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, today voted against Republicans’ dangerous energy package, H.R. 1, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives today. After the vote, Pingree released the follow statement:
“Under President Biden, Congressional Democrats have made historic… Read more »
Today, the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology unanimously passed Congresswoman Chellie Pingree’s (D-Maine) Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act of 2023, setting the legislation up for a House vote this Congress. Pingree, who is ranking member of the House Appropriations Interior and Environment Subcommittee, released the following statement on the… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) today reintroduced the Agriculture Resilience Act (ARA), comprehensive legislation that sets a bold vision of reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in U.S. agriculture by the year 2040.
“Climate change is one of the most pressing issues for farmers and our food system, which is why… Read more »
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Member Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today called attention to the potentially detrimental impact Republican-proposed budget cuts would have on Americans’ jobs and way of life. In a budget hearing on Thursday, Pingree heard directly from U.S. Forest Service Chief Randy Moore about the how these… Read more »
U.S. Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa), and Kim Schrier (D-Wash.) today introduced the bipartisan Biochar Research Network Act. Biochar is a black material produced from biomass that when buried underground sequesters carbon. This bill would create a National Biochar Research Network to test biochar’s ability to absorb carbon on a variety of soil… Read more »
Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden welcomed $17,961,000 in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding for Maine through the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF). The funding will support Maine communities in upgrading essential water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure that… Read more »
