PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • April 29, 2021
Reps. Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden have unveiled their list of requests for Congressional earmarks. Under new rules designed to avoid corruption and abuse, each House member is allowed to request 10 earmarks to benefit nonprofits and governmental entities in their districts. The lists from Maine’s members include requests that would help efforts to deal with climate change and right whale protection:
• University of Maine: $989,546 to create a Maine Climate Coordination Center
• Dept of Marine Resources: $200,000 for an outreach and education program to engage lobster fishermen in right whale protection planning
• Eastern Trails: $700,000 for engineering design of an 11-mile multi-use recreation trail and transportation corridor
• Town of Stonington: $525,000 to expand the municipal wastewater treatment system and expand working waterfront access
• Town of Livermore Falls: $1 million to replace the aging wastewater treatment facility
• Town of Madison: $1 million to construct and operate an anaerobic digester at the former UPM paper mill