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• EPA Region 8 to host webinar on upcoming environmental grant opportunities for states, tribes, communities, and non-government organizations on March 15

  Join us for information on unprecedented funding available for air, land, water, climate change, and environmental justice projects

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 8 to host webinar on upcoming environmental grant opportunities for states, tribes, communities, and non-government organizations on March 15

  • Release Date: March 7, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $342,400 from EPA’s Brownfields Grants to Train Illinois Environmental Workers

  EPA selects OAI, Inc. in Chicago, Illinois to receive one of the first Brownfields Job Training grants funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, boosting workforce training in underserved, overburdened communities

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $342,400 from EPA’s Brownfields Grants to Train Illinois Environmental Workers

  • Release Date: December 14, 2022

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $48 Million from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program for Illinois School Districts

  Historic investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law headed to all 50 states in effort to transform America’s school bus fleet

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $48 Million from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program for Illinois School Districts

  • Release Date: October 26, 2022

• EPA Announces Over $1 Million in Grant Funding to University of Illinois for Pollution Prevention

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Over $1 Million in Grant Funding to University of Illinois for Pollution Prevention

  • Release Date: September 8, 2022

• EPA Awards $100,000 to University of Illinois at Chicago

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $100,000 to University of Illinois at Chicago

  • Release Date: August 10, 2022

• EPA Awards $60,000 to Friends of the Chicago River

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $60,000 to Friends of the Chicago River

  • Release Date: August 10, 2022

• EPA Announces $245,000 Grant to Support Water Quality Monitoring for Safe Summer Beach Recreation in Illinois

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $245,000 Grant to Support Water Quality Monitoring for Safe Summer Beach Recreation in Illinois

  • Release Date: May 31, 2022

• Colorado, Montana and Utah projects among $14.1 million in environmental justice grants nationwide

  EPA News Release: Colorado, Montana and Utah projects among $14.1 million in environmental justice grants nationwide

  • Release Date: December 15, 2021

• EPA awards $40,000 in funding to Denver, Colorado and Park City, Utah projects to reduce source pollution

  Projects aim to reduce sources of food waste and waste from single-use to-go containers

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $40,000 in funding to Denver, Colorado and Park City, Utah projects to reduce source pollution

  • Release Date: November 15, 2021

• EPA to accept applications for grants that enhance recycling markets or reduce food waste until June 1

  EPA News Release: EPA to accept applications for grants that enhance recycling markets or reduce food waste until June 1

  • Release Date: April 27, 2021

• EPA Awards $50,000 to Student Teams in Illinois for Innovative Technology Projects

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $50,000 to Student Teams in Illinois for Innovative Technology Projects

  • Release Date: December 16, 2020

• EPA awards $2.5 million to the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs for farmworker pesticide training

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $2.5 million to the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs for farmworker pesticide training

  • Release Date: November 18, 2020

• EPA awards two University of Illinois System institutions nearly $200,000 to support innovative approaches to source reduction

  EPA News Release: EPA awards two University of Illinois System institutions nearly $200,000 to support innovative approaches to source reduction

  • Release Date: November 5, 2020

• University of Illinois at Chicago to receive $300,000 EPA grant for community project to reduce food waste

  EPA News Release: University of Illinois at Chicago to receive $300,000 EPA grant for community project to reduce food waste

  • Release Date: October 1, 2020

• EPA Awards Nearly $1 Million to University of Illinois to Research How to Control and Prevent Harmful Algal Blooms

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Nearly $1 Million to University of Illinois to Research How to Control and Prevent Harmful Algal Blooms

  • Release Date: September 17, 2020