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

By Portland Maine News Report | Jun 30, 2023

Fashion industry is responsible for more carbon emissions than all international flights and maritime shipping combined, or about 10% of total annual global emissions

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$4 Million Grant Builds on Funding Pingree Secured to Expand Eastern Trail

By Portland Maine News Report | Jun 29, 2023

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) on June 27 welcomed $4 million in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to expand the Eastern Trail in Southern Maine

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Pingree, Baldwin, Collins, Lead Call for PFAS Funding in 2023 Farm Bill?

By Portland Maine News Report | Jun 28, 2023

Bipartisan group calls for Farm Bill to include the Pingree-led Healthy H2O Act and Relief for Farmers Hit with PFAS Act to help rural communities, farmers struggling with PFAS contamination

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Pingree Applauds $7.9 Million Biden Admin Investment in Maine’s School Meal Programs, Food Banks

By Portland Maine News Report | Jun 27, 2023

State funding is part of USDA’s $2.7 billion nationwide effort to assist Americans hurt by expiration of pandemic-era benefits

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Portland Maine News area weekly mass times

By Portland Maine News | Jun 24, 2023

The following parishes in the Portland Maine News coverage area hold weekly mass at these designated times.

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Pingree Pushes to Boost Shelter Funding to Ease Asylum Housing Shortage in Maine

By Portland Maine News Report | Jun 23, 2023

House Appropriations Committee member Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) on June 21 introduced an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2024 Homeland Security Bill that would boost funding for shelters and other services in Maine and across the country

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Pingree, Equality Caucus Reintroduce Landmark Bill to Ensure Explicit LGBTQ+ Protections

By Portland Maine News Report | Jun 22, 2023

The Equality Act amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to extend non-discrimination protections to the LGBTQ+ community

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In Celebration of Pride Month, Pingree Renews Commitment to Fighting for LGBTQ+ Equality

By Portland Maine News Report | Jun 21, 2023

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Vice-Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, is celebrating Pride Month and renewing her commitment to uplifting the LGBTQ+ communities in Maine and across the country, cosponsoring numerous equality-focused bills

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Maine Delegation, Governor Mills Announce Major Win for Maine’s Lobster Industry

By Portland Maine News Report | Jun 20, 2023

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit sided with the Maine lobster industry in opposing NOAA’s reliance on “worst case scenarios” data in its rulemakings affecting the fishery

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Pingree Lambastes ‘Inhumane’ GOP Cuts that Take Nutritious Food Away from Women and Children

By Portland Maine News Report | Jun 18, 2023

As House Appropriators work on the government funding bill for Fiscal Year 2024, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) is pushing back against Republican threats to essential food benefits like the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)

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Maine’s Congressional Delegation, Governor Mills Ask Federal Agency in Charge of Offshore Wind Leasing to Listen to the Voices of Maine Fishermen

By Portland Maine News Report | Jun 17, 2023

U.S. Senator Susan Collins and Representative Jared Golden along with Senator Angus King, Representative Chellie Pingree, and Governor Janet Mills are calling on the Biden Administration to include the views of Maine fishing communities in proposals for leasing commercial offshore wind areas in the Gulf Of Maine

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Portland Maine News area weekly mass times

By Portland Maine News | Jun 17, 2023

The following parishes in the Portland Maine News coverage area hold weekly mass at these designated times.

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Pingree: Arraignment of ‘Treasonous’ Trump Demonstrates US Commitment to Democracy

By Portland Maine News Report | Jun 16, 2023

Former President Donald Trump appeared in federal court in Miami on June 13 and was arraigned on 37 federal criminal charges. Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) released the following statement

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Pingree Reintroduces Bipartisan Legislation to Boost Investment, Trade with Iceland

By Portland Maine News Report | Jun 15, 2023

The ICELAND Act would make Icelanders eligible to work in the U.S. through nonimmigrant visas. Currently, Iceland is one of only a couple European countries not eligible for these visas, which are for individuals who invest and conduct trade in the U.S.

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Pingree Statement on Second Trump Indictment

By Portland Maine News Report | Jun 14, 2023

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) released the following statement on the seven-count federal indictment of former President Donald Trump

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Lincoln Academy Student Wins National EPA Competition, Pingree Announces

By Portland Maine News Report | Jun 14, 2023

Noah Arbuckle is one of the winners of the ‘Pollution Prevention Works: A Storytelling Challenge for Students’

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Lincoln Academy Student Wins National EPA Competition, Pingree Announces

By Portland Maine News Report | Jun 13, 2023

Lincoln Academy Student Wins National EPA Competition, Pingree Announces Noah Arbuckle is one of the winners of the ‘Pollution Prevention Works: A Storytelling Challenge for Students’

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Pingree Statement on Second Trump Indictment

By Portland Maine News Report | Jun 13, 2023

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) released the following statement on the seven-count federal indictment of former President Donald Trump

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Pingree Reintroduces Bipartisan Legislation to Boost Investment, Trade with Iceland

By Portland Maine News Report | Jun 12, 2023

The ICELAND Act would make Icelanders eligible to work in the U.S. through nonimmigrant visas. Currently, Iceland is one of only a couple European countries not eligible for these visas, which are for individuals who invest and conduct trade in the U.S.

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Pingree Celebrates World Oceans Day with Introduction of Bipartisan Bill to Support Aquaculture Farmers and Harvesters

By Portland Maine News Report | Jun 11, 2023

On World Oceans Day, U.S. Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.), Rob Wittman (R-Va.), and Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to uplift and support aquaculture and aquaculture farmers and harvesters