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EPA Articles and News Releases

Recent EPA Perspectives Articles:

Supporting the Cancer Moonshot Effort at EPA

I learned that one of the best ways to fight cancer is to prevent it from occurring in the first place. EPA supports the Cancer Moonshot effort by understanding and preventing toxic and environmental exposures and preventing more cancers before they start.
- Date: April 4, 2024
- By: Danelle Lobdell
Acting Upstream for Creek and Community

A common threat to streams is runoff from heavy rains that cause floods, wearing away at riverbanks. Across the country, the Green Infrastructure program works with communities to address the effects of stormwater runoff through a variety of programs.
- Date: March 27, 2024
- By: Jake Krauss
Fifty Years Later

I viscerally remember what it felt like to walk through the dark entrance halls, turn a corner and then stop before the spectacular Giant Ocean Tank. I was able to connect these visits, 50 years apart, in my head and heart, in ways I never had before.
- Date: March 11, 2024
- By: David Cash

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Recent EPA News Releases:

$15 million construction project for the Commerce Street Plume Superfund Site slated to start this summer

EPA Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding supplied to Vermont's Department of Environmental Conservation will go to groundwater cleanup at the site

EPA News Release: $15 million construction project for the Commerce Street Plume Superfund Site slated to start this summer
- Release Date: April 17, 2024
EPA Region 4 Solicits Applications for the 2024 Pollution Prevention Recognition Program

EPA News Release: EPA Region 4 Solicits Applications for the 2024 Pollution Prevention Recognition Program
- Release Date: April 17, 2024
EPA Extends Public Comment Period on Plan to Address Contamination at the Meeker Avenue Plume Superfund Site in Brooklyn

EPA News Release: EPA Extends Public Comment Period on Plan to Address Contamination at the Meeker Avenue Plume Superfund Site in Brooklyn
- Release Date: April 17, 2024
Registration now open for EPA’s 3rd annual Mid-Atlantic Summit, kicks off 30-day countdown

“Empowering Communities for Environmental Equity” theme provides opportunity for conversation about equitable access to healthy and sustainable communities

EPA News Release: Registration now open for EPA’s 3rd annual Mid-Atlantic Summit, kicks off 30-day countdown
- Release Date: April 17, 2024

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