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• KCK and KCMO Mayors Join EPA to Fight Radon Exposure

  21,000 people die from cancer caused by radon exposure each year in U.S.

  EPA News Release: KCK and KCMO Mayors Join EPA to Fight Radon Exposure

  • Release Date: March 16, 2022

• EPA Announces Appointment of Meg McCollister as Regional Administrator for EPA Region 7

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Appointment of Meg McCollister as Regional Administrator for EPA Region 7

  • Release Date: December 9, 2021

• Lincoln, Nebraska, Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird Appointed Chair of EPA’s Local Government Advisory Committee

  Ferguson, Missouri, Mayor Ella Jones appointed to Local Government Advisory Committee and Small Community Advisory Subcommittee

  EPA News Release: Lincoln, Nebraska, Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird Appointed Chair of EPA’s Local Government Advisory Committee

  • Release Date: August 25, 2021

• Topeka, Kansas, Girl Receives 2021 President’s Student Environmental Award

  In a virtual ceremony today, Administrator Michael S. Regan and White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Brenda Mallory recognized the awardees and runners-up

  EPA News Release: Topeka, Kansas, Girl Receives 2021 President’s Student Environmental Award

  • Release Date: August 12, 2021

• EPA Announces Availability of up to $600K to Support Healthy, Resilient and Sustainable Communities in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Nine Tribal Nations

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Availability of up to $600K to Support Healthy, Resilient and Sustainable Communities in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Nine Tribal Nations

  • Release Date: March 24, 2021

• EPA Region 7 Announces Summer 2021 Internship Opportunities

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Announces Summer 2021 Internship Opportunities

  • Release Date: December 16, 2020

• EPA Region 7 Delivers Results in the Heartland

  The Region has reduced bureaucratic processes and improved on-time delivery

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Delivers Results in the Heartland

  • Release Date: November 12, 2020

• EPA at 50: EPA Kicks Off Children’s Health Month 2020

  EPA News Release: EPA at 50: EPA Kicks Off Children’s Health Month 2020

  • Release Date: October 8, 2020

• EPA Region 7 and Donnelly College Renew Partnership to Promote Environmental Educational and Career Opportunities for Students

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 and Donnelly College Renew Partnership to Promote Environmental Educational and Career Opportunities for Students

  • Release Date: September 21, 2020

• EPA Celebrates 50 Years of Research: Highlight on Flint Hills Prescribed Burns

  EPA News Release: EPA Celebrates 50 Years of Research: Highlight on Flint Hills Prescribed Burns

  • Release Date: August 6, 2020

• Three Kansas City Organizations Earn Regional Awards for Making Significant Progress in Reducing Food Waste in America

  Mid-America Regional Council Solid Waste District, Rising Star Elementary, and Johnson County Department of Health and Environment among EPA Food Recovery Challenge participants recognized for outstanding achievement

  EPA News Release: Three Kansas City Organizations Earn Regional Awards for Making Significant Progress in Reducing Food Waste in America

  • Release Date: April 23, 2020

• Kickapoo Nation School Students in Kansas Win EPA Environmental Award, as EPA Celebrates Earth Day and Environmental Education

  EPA News Release: Kickapoo Nation School Students in Kansas Win EPA Environmental Award, as EPA Celebrates Earth Day and Environmental Education

  • Release Date: April 23, 2020

• EPA Celebrates 50th Earth Day at Home and Online

  EPA News Release: EPA Celebrates 50th Earth Day at Home and Online

  • Release Date: April 22, 2020

• EPA Region 7 Transfers Personal Protective Equipment to FEMA

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Transfers Personal Protective Equipment to FEMA

  • Release Date: April 17, 2020

• EPA at 50: EPA Reflects on 50 Years of Earth Day

  EPA News Release: EPA at 50: EPA Reflects on 50 Years of Earth Day

  • Release Date: April 16, 2020