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• Canadian Wildfires Prompt Poor Air Quality Alert for Parts of New England on June 7, 2023

  EPA News Release: Canadian Wildfires Prompt Poor Air Quality Alert for Parts of New England on June 7, 2023

  • Release Date: June 7, 2023

• Canadian Wildfires Prompt Poor Air Quality Alert for Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont on June 6, 2023 

  EPA News Release: Canadian Wildfires Prompt Poor Air Quality Alert for Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont on June 6, 2023 

  • Release Date: June 5, 2023

• Poor Air Quality Expected for parts of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire on June 1, 2023

  EPA News Release: Poor Air Quality Expected for parts of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire on June 1, 2023

  • Release Date: May 31, 2023

• Canadian Wildfires Spark Air Quality Advisory for parts of New England on May 31, 2023

  EPA News Release: Canadian Wildfires Spark Air Quality Advisory for parts of New England on May 31, 2023

  • Release Date: May 31, 2023

• EPA Proposes Updated Protection for Boston Coastal Waters in New Draft Permit for MWRA Deer Island Facility and 43 Contributing Communities

  Draft Permit includes provisions to address climate impacts and lingering combined sewer overflows

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Updated Protection for Boston Coastal Waters in New Draft Permit for MWRA Deer Island Facility and 43 Contributing Communities

  • Release Date: May 31, 2023

• EPA and State/Local Officials Celebrate Award of 14 Zero-Emission School Buses in New Bedford and New $400 Million Clean School Bus Opportunity

  Latest funding from the President's Investing in America Agenda follows nearly $1 billion for thousands of electric and low-emission school buses across the nation

  EPA News Release: EPA and State/Local Officials Celebrate Award of 14 Zero-Emission School Buses in New Bedford and New $400 Million Clean School Bus Opportunity

  • Release Date: May 26, 2023

• EPA Reminds New Englanders to Use Free Air Quality Alerts for the Summer Smog Season

  Air Quality Awareness Week is May 1–5, 2023

  EPA News Release: EPA Reminds New Englanders to Use Free Air Quality Alerts for the Summer Smog Season

  • Release Date: May 1, 2023

• EPA Settlements Resolve Alleged Violations of Toxic Chemical Reporting Requirements by Six New England Companies

  EPA News Release: EPA Settlements Resolve Alleged Violations of Toxic Chemical Reporting Requirements by Six New England Companies

  • Release Date: May 1, 2023

• EPA New England Celebrates Earth Week by Making Community Grants Available to Protect Public Health and the Environment

  Informational webinars scheduled April 25, 27 and May 11

  EPA News Release: EPA New England Celebrates Earth Week by Making Community Grants Available to Protect Public Health and the Environment

  • Release Date: April 21, 2023

• Poor Air Quality Expected for parts of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut on April 14, 2023

  EPA News Release: Poor Air Quality Expected for parts of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut on April 14, 2023

  • Release Date: April 13, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $3 Million to Maine to Fund Innovative Projects That Tackle Climate Pollution

  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 Maine to Fund Innovative Projects That Tackle Climate Pollution

  • Release Date: April 3, 2023

• EPA Proposes Air Permit for Construction Activity at Revolution Wind Offshore Wind Project

  Public comment will be accepted on proposed permit until May 1, 2023

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Air Permit for Construction Activity at Revolution Wind Offshore Wind Project

  • Release Date: March 31, 2023

• EPA Honors New England Organizations as 2023 ENERGY STAR Partners of the Year

  Companies and Organizations in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont

  EPA News Release: EPA Honors New England Organizations as 2023 ENERGY STAR Partners of the Year

  • Release Date: March 28, 2023

• EPA Settlement with Cold Storage Warehouse and Distribution Company Helps Make New Bedford and Hartford Communities Safer

  EPA News Release: EPA Settlement with Cold Storage Warehouse and Distribution Company Helps Make New Bedford and Hartford Communities Safer

  • Release Date: March 22, 2023

• EPA Analysis Shows 2021 Increase of Toxic Chemical Releases in Massachusetts

  EPA News Release: EPA Analysis Shows 2021 Increase of Toxic Chemical Releases in Massachusetts

  • Release Date: March 16, 2023