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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Maine Newsletter for Tuesday August 15, 2023 ( 2 items )  

Pingree to EPA: Long-Stalled Program to Incentivize Renewable Fuels Must Move Forward to Reduce Emissions, Fight Climate Change
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release and letter on Aug. 14, 2023: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today led a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan urging the EPA to finalize a generation pathway for electric renewable identification numbers (eRINs) for electricity produced from renewable biomass and used as transportation fuel under the long-approved renewable electricity pathway of the Renewable F  more

Senators Collins, King, Representative Golden Announce Over $190,000 in Grid Upgrades for Aroostook Mi'kmaq
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Angus King (I-ME), and Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) announced a $194,000 federal grant from the Department of Energy (DOE) to modernize the electric grid and improve energy resilience for the Aroostook Band of Mi'kmaq. "Access to reliable energy should always be a given," said Senators Collins and King and Congressman Golden. "We're glad the Mi'kmaq Nation is getting th  more