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• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $3 Million to Minnesota to Plan Innovative Projects to Tackle Climate Pollution Across the State

  Funds from EPA’s New Climate Pollution Reduction Grant Program were made possible by President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $3 Million to Minnesota to Plan Innovative Projects to Tackle Climate Pollution Across the State

  • Release Date: March 27, 2023

• EPA invites Spring Park, Minn. residents to talk about the Spring Park Superfund site

  EPA News Release: EPA invites Spring Park, Minn. residents to talk about the Spring Park Superfund site

  • Release Date: February 6, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $1 Million from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program for Minnesota 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 $1 Million from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program for Minnesota School Districts

  • Release Date: October 26, 2022

• EPA cites Bell Lumber and Pole Company for Clean Air Act violations in Minnesota

  EPA News Release: EPA cites Bell Lumber and Pole Company for Clean Air Act violations in Minnesota

  • Release Date: September 28, 2022

• Naval Industrial Reserve Ordnance Plant Site Wins 2022 Federal Facility Excellence in Site Reuse Award

  EPA News Release: Naval Industrial Reserve Ordnance Plant Site Wins 2022 Federal Facility Excellence in Site Reuse Award

  • Release Date: August 31, 2022

• EPA Awards $80,000 to Minnesota State University Mankato

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $80,000 to Minnesota State University Mankato

  • Release Date: August 10, 2022

• EPA Announces $60 Million from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for Nutrient Pollution Reduction in the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $60 Million from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for Nutrient Pollution Reduction in the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed

  • Release Date: June 10, 2022

• Biden Administration Announces $4.5 Million to Tackle Polluted Brownfield Sites in Minnesota

  EPA announces Minnesota communities to receive Brownfields Cleanup, Assessment and Revolving Loan Fund Grants to help build a better America while advancing environmental justice

  EPA News Release: Biden Administration Announces $4.5 Million to Tackle Polluted Brownfield Sites in Minnesota

  • Release Date: May 18, 2022

• Biden Administration and EPA Announce $113M to fund Great Lakes Restoration Projects near Duluth, Minnesota

  Bipartisan Infrastructure Law accelerating long-awaited work in St. Louis River Area of Concern on Lake Superior

  EPA News Release: Biden Administration and EPA Announce $113M to fund Great Lakes Restoration Projects near Duluth, Minnesota

  • Release Date: May 17, 2022

• EPA Transmits Addition of 32 Waters to Minnesota’s 2020 Impaired Waters List

  EPA News Release: EPA Transmits Addition of 32 Waters to Minnesota’s 2020 Impaired Waters List

  • Release Date: November 9, 2021

• EPA removes Arrowhead Refinery Co. site in Hermantown, Minnesota from Superfund list

  EPA News Release: EPA removes Arrowhead Refinery Co. site in Hermantown, Minnesota from Superfund list

  • Release Date: September 14, 2021

• EPA removes part of South Minneapolis Residential Soil Contamination site from Superfund list

  EPA News Release: EPA removes part of South Minneapolis Residential Soil Contamination site from Superfund list

  • Release Date: September 14, 2021

• EPA Announces $569 Million WIFIA Loan for Flood, Climate Resilience in the Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Area

  Nationally, 52 WIFIA loans are financing $23 billion in water upgrades, creating 54,000 jobs

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $569 Million WIFIA Loan for Flood, Climate Resilience in the Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Area

  • Release Date: June 18, 2021

• EPA Selects Hennepin County, Minnesota to Receive $500,000 Brownfields Grant

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects Hennepin County, Minnesota to Receive $500,000 Brownfields Grant

  • Release Date: June 16, 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