Press Releases
InnovaSea Systems in Augusta manufactures Aquapod geodesic fish pens
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree announced today that InnovaSea Systems in Augusta will receive a $99,771 Small Business Innovation Research grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to research the feasibility of using wood fiber composite materials for the aquaculture pens it manufactures.
U.S. House passes bill to exempt urchins from unnecessary federal inspections
Funding will help ORPC commercialize tidal power technology that will support jobs in Maine
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree said today that Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) headquartered in Portland is getting a $5.35 million Department of Energy grant to finish development of the commercial design of its TidGen Power System. The new design will be tested, operated and monitored in Washington County. This DOE funded project is a critical next step in th
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree released the following statement on today’s reported transfer of 87,000 acres of land in Maine’s North Woods from Elliotsville Plantation Inc. to the federal government
One will train organic dairy farmers and another will support veteran farmers
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree today announced two USDA Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program grants that would benefit Maine—one to Wolfe’s Neck Farm in Freeport to train organic dairy farmers and another to fund an Armed to Farm veteran farmer training in Maine.
Federal grants from Economic Development Administration will fund two projects
Aroostook County, Maine. Courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Congressional bureaucracy delays major expansion of outpatient clinic
Congresswoman Pingree at the opening of the VA Clinic in Portland in 2011.