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  • Stronger Emissions Standards to Fight Climate Change

    The Environmental Protection Agency is finalizing the most ambitious federal greenhouse gas emissions standards for passenger vehicles, paving the way for a zero-emissions future.

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  • EPA & The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

    The President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law makes historic investments in clean water for communities, protecting public health, climate resilience, creating jobs across the country, and delivering a more equitable future.

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    • Learn more about EPA funding under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
  • EPA to Use Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funds to Clean Up Communities

    The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law invests $3.5 billion in cleaning up Superfund sites and reinstates Superfund taxes, making it one of the largest investments in American history to address legacy pollution in communities across the country.

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    • Find Superfund sites with new construction projects to receive BIL funding.

  • EPA Takes Steps to Reduce Methane and other Harmful Air Pollution

    On November 2, 2021, EPA proposed a rule that would sharply reduce methane and other harmful air pollution from both new and existing sources in the oil and natural gas industry.

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    • Learn more about EPA’s Proposal to Reduce Climate- and Health-Harming Pollution from the Oil and Natural Gas Industry.

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Last updated on December 21, 2021