Kuster is among dozens of House members hoping to add a major hydropower and river conservation project to the infrastructure plan. According to this group, the Department of Energy estimates the project would increase hydropower output by 50 gigawatts, support 200,000 jobs, and eliminate trillions of tons of carbon emissions. The project involves retrofitting, rehabilitating, and in some cases removing dams and restoring river ecosystems.
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Washington, D.C.- Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) alongside Congressman Dan Lipinski (IL-03) and Jared Huffman (CA-02) introduced the Connecting America’s Active Transportation System Act. Their legislation provides $500 million in funding for a federal grant program to help build connected active-transportation routes including trails, sidewalks, and bikeways that support the health and economic growth of our communities.
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“People were a little bit nervous to embrace it in the beginning,” said Milner. “Our last mills — we’re a mill town — closed in the early 70s and there’s been no real movement since then to reinvent ourselves.”
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