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Curbing Fast Fashion Pollution

Reps. Pingree, Moore Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Help Outdoor Retailers Phase Out Toxic Forever Chemicals

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U.S. Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Blake Moore (R-Utah) today introduced the bipartisan Protect Our Clothes from PFAS Act, which would make it easier for outdoor retailers to sell safer apparel that does not contain Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances, or PFAS. The bill aims to eliminate a significant trade barrier that currently penalizes companies for choosing…

Pingree, DeLauro, Carper Announce First-Ever Federal Report on Fast Fashion Pollution

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Today, U.S. Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) and Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released findings from the federal government’s first-ever report on textile waste in the United States. The Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) report, requested by Pingree and…

Slow Fashion Caucus, House Democrats Urge Executive Action to End Dangerous De Minimis Trade Loophole

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Members of the Congressional Slow Fashion Caucus today joined U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.), and nearly all House Democrats in calling on President Biden to use executive authority to end the dangerous de minimis loophole and protect Americans from its growing danger. The letter, signed by 100+ of their colleagues, urges the…

During Fashion Week, Pingree Leads Push to Revitalize US Sustainable Fibers Industry

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As New York Fashion Week gets underway, Congressional Slow Fashion Caucus founder and chair Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) is calling attention to the critical need to promote sustainable textile production in the United States. In a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack, Pingree and her colleagues underscored the…

Slow Fashion Caucus to President Biden: US Must Not Overlook the Fashion Industry’s Potential to Address the Climate Crisis

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Congressional Slow Fashion Caucus Founder and Chair Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) is leading members of the Caucus in urging President Joe Biden to include representatives from the textile and fashion industries in his new White House Task Force on Climate and Trade. In a letter to the president, Pingree and her fellow Slow Fashion Caucus members highlight…

Pingree Leads First-Ever Congressional Effort to Rein In Fast Fashion With Launch of Slow Fashion Caucus

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Today, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), ranking member of the House Appropriations Interior and Environment Subcommittee, alongside Reps. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-Wash.) and Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-Calif.), announced the first-ever Congressional Slow Fashion Caucus to curb fast fashion pollution through climate-smart policies. The Members were joined by sustainable fashion…

VIDEO: When Pressed by Pingree on Efforts to Address PFAS Contamination, Admin. Regan Says EPA is ‘Intent on Holding Polluters Accountable’

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During a House Appropriations Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee budget hearing with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan, Ranking Member Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) called attention to Maine’s ongoing challenges with PFAS chemical contamination as well as the impacts of pollution from  fast…

Pingree, DeLauro to GAO: What More Can Fashion Industry, Federal Government do to Curb Textile Waste Pollution

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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, and Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee, are calling on the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) Comptroller General Gene Dodaro to outline ways the fashion industry and Environmental Protection…

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