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• EPA Opens $20 Million Grant Competition for Community Air Pollution Monitoring

  Air monitoring projects can help foster transparency and accountability to reduce pollution in underserved communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Opens $20 Million Grant Competition for Community Air Pollution Monitoring

  • Release Date: December 13, 2021

• Funding Now Available for Locally Focused Environmental Education Grants in the Southeast

  EPA News Release: Funding Now Available for Locally Focused Environmental Education Grants in the Southeast

  • Release Date: October 7, 2021

• EPA Announces $11 Million for Farm-Focused Projects to Improve Water Quality and Environmental Education

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $11 Million for Farm-Focused Projects to Improve Water Quality and Environmental Education

  • Release Date: June 16, 2021

• EPA Awards $492,000 Brownfields Assessment Grant to Natchez, Mississippi

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $492,000 Brownfields Assessment Grant to Natchez, Mississippi

  • Release Date: May 18, 2021

• EPA Advises Facility Operators to Prepare for Hazardous Weather Events

  EPA News Release: EPA Advises Facility Operators to Prepare for Hazardous Weather Events

  • Release Date: May 14, 2021

• EPA Issues Emergency Order and Information Request to New Indy Containerboard Pulp and Paper Mill in Catawba, S.C. and Expands Community Air Monitoring

  EPA News Release: EPA Issues Emergency Order and Information Request to New Indy Containerboard Pulp and Paper Mill in Catawba, S.C. and Expands Community Air Monitoring

  • Release Date: May 13, 2021

• EPA Announces $256,000 Grant for Beach Water Quality in Mississippi

  Nationally, $9.6 million in grant funding will help communities monitor beach water quality

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $256,000 Grant for Beach Water Quality in Mississippi

  • Release Date: May 13, 2021

• EPA Selects Three Projects in Mississippi to Receive $1 Million for Brownfields Cleanup and Assessment

  The grant awards help underserved communities across the country Build Back Better and address Environmental Justice concerns

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects Three Projects in Mississippi to Receive $1 Million for Brownfields Cleanup and Assessment

  • Release Date: May 12, 2021

• U.S. EPA invites Birmingham Water Works to Apply for a Total of $147 Million in Water Infrastructure Loans

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA invites Birmingham Water Works to Apply for a Total of $147 Million in Water Infrastructure Loans

  • Release Date: January 12, 2021

• EPA Calls for Nominations for the 2021 President’s Environmental Student and Teacher Awards

  Applications due by February 19, 2021

  EPA News Release: EPA Calls for Nominations for the 2021 President’s Environmental Student and Teacher Awards

  • Release Date: October 28, 2020

• EPA Selects Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians to Receive $200,000 for Trash-Free Waters Grant

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians to Receive $200,000 for Trash-Free Waters Grant

  • Release Date: October 8, 2020

• EPA Awards $122,070 Pollution Prevention Funding to Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality

  Nationally, EPA Selects over 40 Organizations to Receive $9.3 Million in Pollution Prevention Grants

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $122,070 Pollution Prevention Funding to Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality

  • Release Date: September 23, 2020

• EPA Ready to Support FEMA, State Efforts on Tropical Depression Sally

  EPA News Release: EPA Ready to Support FEMA, State Efforts on Tropical Depression Sally

  • Release Date: September 17, 2020

• EPA Urges Communities in Hurricane Sally’s Path to Avoid Indoor Air Dangers, Use Generators Safely

  EPA News Release: EPA Urges Communities in Hurricane Sally’s Path to Avoid Indoor Air Dangers, Use Generators Safely

  • Release Date: September 15, 2020

• EPA Announces Availability of Funding for Farmer-led, Farm Focused Projects in the Gulf

  Applications are due no later than October 16, 2020

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Availability of Funding for Farmer-led, Farm Focused Projects in the Gulf

  • Release Date: September 1, 2020