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EPA Proposes Updated Protection for Boston Coastal Waters in New Draft Permit for MWRA Deer Island Facility and 43 Contributing Communities

Draft Permit includes provisions to address climate impacts and lingering combined sewer overflows

EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Updated Protection for Boston Coastal Waters in New Draft Permit for MWRA Deer Island Facility and 43 Contributing Communities

• Release Date: May 31, 2023

EPA and State/Local Officials Celebrate Award of 14 Zero-Emission School Buses in New Bedford and New $400 Million Clean School Bus Opportunity

Latest funding from the President's Investing in America Agenda follows nearly $1 billion for thousands of electric and low-emission school buses across the nation

EPA News Release: EPA and State/Local Officials Celebrate Award of 14 Zero-Emission School Buses in New Bedford and New $400 Million Clean School Bus Opportunity

• Release Date: May 26, 2023

EPA Celebrates Three California Winners of the Presidential Environmental Youth Award

EPA News Release: EPA Celebrates Three California Winners of the Presidential Environmental Youth Award

• Release Date: April 25, 2023

THURSDAY: EPA to Host Community Meeting for New Tazewell Residents

EPA News Release: THURSDAY: EPA to Host Community Meeting for New Tazewell Residents

• Release Date: May 30, 2023

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Availability of $12 Million Through Investing in America Agenda for Brownfields Job Training Grants

EPA seeking applications for up to $12 million in Brownfields Job Training Grants that will support local environmental job training programs and environmental workforce in underserved and overburdened communities

EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Availability of $12 Million Through Investing in America Agenda for Brownfields Job Training Grants

• Release Date: May 30, 2023

EPA Awards Tetra Tech $65 Million Contract to Support Cleanups of Navajo Abandoned Uranium Mines

EPA News Release: EPA Awards Tetra Tech $65 Million Contract to Support Cleanups of Navajo Abandoned Uranium Mines

• Release Date: May 30, 2023

EPA and Army Host Northeast-Focused Virtual Regional WOTUS Roundtable

EPA News Release: EPA and Army Host Northeast-Focused Virtual Regional WOTUS Roundtable

• Release Date: June 17, 2022

EPA and Wisconsin Announce Kenosha Area Now Meets Federal Air Quality Standard for Ozone

EPA News Release: EPA and Wisconsin Announce Kenosha Area Now Meets Federal Air Quality Standard for Ozone

• Release Date: April 20, 2020

EPA Expands Research on COVID-19 in the Environment

EPA News Release: EPA Expands Research on COVID-19 in the Environment

• Release Date: April 20, 2020

EPA Recognizes Leaders in the Prevention and Diversion of Waste; the 2019 WasteWise National Award Winners

EPA News Release: EPA Recognizes Leaders in the Prevention and Diversion of Waste; the 2019 WasteWise National Award Winners

• Release Date: April 20, 2020

Caesars Entertainment Wins EPA Regional WasteWise Award

Company has Diverted Nearly 400,000 Tons of Waste from Landfills

EPA News Release: Caesars Entertainment Wins EPA Regional WasteWise Award

• Release Date: April 20, 2020

Earth Friendly Products (ECOS®) of Cypress, Calif., Wins EPA Regional WasteWise Award

Company Diverted 98 Percent of Waste from Local Landfills

EPA News Release: Earth Friendly Products (ECOS®) of Cypress, Calif., Wins EPA Regional WasteWise Award

• Release Date: April 20, 2020

EPA Recognizes Leaders in the Prevention and Diversion of Waste; the 2019 WasteWise National Award Winners

New York and New Jersey Winners Announced

EPA News Release: EPA Recognizes Leaders in the Prevention and Diversion of Waste; the 2019 WasteWise National Award Winners

• Release Date: April 20, 2020

EPA Recognizes WasteWise Winners in Great Lakes Region

Honorees in Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin

EPA News Release: EPA Recognizes WasteWise Winners in Great Lakes Region

• Release Date: April 20, 2020

EPA and Federal Partners Commemorate 10-year Anniversary of Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

EPA News Release: EPA and Federal Partners Commemorate 10-year Anniversary of Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

• Release Date: April 20, 2020

EPA Advances Superfund Cleanup Work at TechCity in Ulster County, New York

EPA News Release: EPA Advances Superfund Cleanup Work at TechCity in Ulster County, New York

• Release Date: April 21, 2020

EPA to award over $800,000 in grants to support water quality monitoring at Pacific Northwest and Alaska beaches to protect public health

EPA News Release: EPA to award over $800,000 in grants to support water quality monitoring at Pacific Northwest and Alaska beaches to protect public health

• Release Date: May 30, 2023

Two Massachusetts Organizations Recognized by EPA for Waste Reduction Achievements

EPA News Release: Two Massachusetts Organizations Recognized by EPA for Waste Reduction Achievements

• Release Date: April 20, 2020

Sand Creek Station Golf Course Near Newton, Kansas, Recognized as WasteWise National Partner of the Year Honorable Mention

EPA News Release: Sand Creek Station Golf Course Near Newton, Kansas, Recognized as WasteWise National Partner of the Year Honorable Mention

• Release Date: April 20, 2020

EPA Announces $369 Million Loan to Strengthen Stormwater Management, Climate Resilience in San Francisco

EPA News Release: EPA Announces $369 Million Loan to Strengthen Stormwater Management, Climate Resilience in San Francisco

• Release Date: May 25, 2023