Foreign Affairs
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Shaheen headed to Springfield where she met with business leaders at Durgin and Crowell Lumber to discuss federal funding for energy efficiency upgrades at the facility. Durgin and Crowell Lumber recently received $300,000 from U.S. Department of Energy and $1,000,000 from the U.S. Forest Service for a wood energy combined heat and power system. The project will improve energy efficiency, decrease costs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the facility. Shaheen has championed work to secure federal investments in clean energy and energy efficiency initiatives and to lower energy costs across New Hampshire. Shaheen was a lead negotiator of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which made huge investments in energy efficiency, including $550 million for Industrial Research and Assessment Centers and assistance for small- and medium-sized manufacturers to implement efficiency upgrades based upon her longstanding bipartisan legislation with former U.S. Senator Rob Portman. Shaheen also helped introduce legislation to enhance the Forest Service’s Wood Innovation Grant program that is providing funding for this project.
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