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Recent EPA Perspectives Articles:

Reconnecting Communities, Building a Thriving Future

Through the Community Connectors grant program, we partner with community-based organizations and local governments to envision future development in corridors adjacent to highway infrastructure.
- Date: January 14, 2025
- By: Elina Bravve
Lead in Private Well Water and its Impacts on Children's Health

There is no safe level of lead. Lead can be present in drinking water without any noticeable changes in color or odor. It is the responsibility of private well owners to test their water for lead and to take appropriate measures to mitigate exposure.
- Date: October 28, 2024
- By: Sara Eaves
From Teacher to Author: How Climate Literacy Guided My Career 

Early in my career I realized that shifting the mindset of students in my classroom, especially on a social norm that valued consumerism over environmentalism, was a challenge with context and nuance far beyond my classroom walls.
- Date: September 25, 2024
- By: Jenna Hartley

Recent EPA News Releases:

WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: All Around Applause for Trump Administration’s Agreement with Mexico to End Tijuana River Sewage Crisis

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Secretary of the Environment and National Resources of Mexico Alicia Bárcena Ibarra to address and solve the decades-long Tijuana River sewage crisis.
- Release Date: July 25, 2025
EPA to hold a public meeting on revised proposed plan for the Kerr-McGee Chemical Corporation Superfund Site

EPA to hold a public meeting on revised proposed plan for the Kerr-McGee Chemical Corporation Superfund Site
- Release Date: July 24, 2025
Senate Confirms President Trump Appointee Aaron Szabo as Assistant Administrator for EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation

The U.S. Senate has confirmed Aaron Szabo to serve as the Assistant Administrator of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Air and Radiation.
- Release Date: July 24, 2025
EPA Region 7 Presents $500K Award to City of Springfield After Selection for Brownfields Grant

EPA Region 7 Land, Chemical, and Redevelopment Division Director DeAndre Singletary presented a $500,000 award to the City of Springfield for their selection to receive funding for their Brownfields Assessment Grant.
- Release Date: July 24, 2025