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• EPA Announces More Than $17 Million to MetroHealth Systems and Community Organizations for a Community Change Grant in Cleveland

  The selection is part of the Inflation Reduction Act program - the largest single environmental justice investment in history – delivered by President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces More Than $17 Million to MetroHealth Systems and Community Organizations for a Community Change Grant in Cleveland

  • Release Date: September 11, 2024

• EPA Selects Openlands in Illinois to Receive $75,000 to Support Educational Projects

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects Openlands in Illinois to Receive $75,000 to Support Educational Projects

  • Release Date: July 9, 2024

• EPA Selects Two Minnesota Organizations to Receive Almost $200,000 to Support Educational Projects

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects Two Minnesota Organizations to Receive Almost $200,000 to Support Educational Projects

  • Release Date: July 9, 2024

• EPA Selects Neighborhood House in Milwaukee to Receive $100,000 to Support Educational Projects

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects Neighborhood House in Milwaukee to Receive $100,000 to Support Educational Projects

  • Release Date: July 9, 2024

• EPA Announces President's Environmental Youth Award to a High School Student from Novi, Michigan

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces President's Environmental Youth Award to a High School Student from Novi, Michigan

  • Release Date: June 18, 2024

• EPA Announces Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators Awarded to Science Teacher at Pine Intermediate School in North Olmsted, Ohio

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators Awarded to Science Teacher at Pine Intermediate School in North Olmsted, Ohio

  • Release Date: June 18, 2024

• EPA Announces More Than $5 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across Southern Lake Michigan Communities in Illinois and Indiana

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces More Than $5 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across Southern Lake Michigan Communities in Illinois and Indiana

  • Release Date: June 7, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Selects the Minneapolis Foundation to Receive $50 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects in the Midwest as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  The Minneapolis Foundation has been selected to reduce barriers to federal funds and issue hundreds of environmental justice grants over the next three years

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Selects the Minneapolis Foundation to Receive $50 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects in the Midwest as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: December 20, 2023

• EPA Seeks Participants for Environmental Justice Academy in East St. Louis, Illinois

  EPA News Release: EPA Seeks Participants for Environmental Justice Academy in East St. Louis, Illinois

  • Release Date: September 19, 2023

• EPA to Host Environmental Justice Caucus in Detroit on August 7

  Caucus will kick off the National Brownfields Training Conference, August 8-11

  EPA News Release: EPA to Host Environmental Justice Caucus in Detroit on August 7

  • Release Date: July 18, 2023

• EPA to Hold Public Engagement Session in Superior, Wisconsin, on Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Action Plan

  The public session will take place on July 12 at 6 p.m.

  EPA News Release: EPA to Hold Public Engagement Session in Superior, Wisconsin, on Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Action Plan

  • Release Date: June 28, 2023

• EPA Recognizes Chicago Educator with 2023 Presidential Innovation Award

  EPA News Release: EPA Recognizes Chicago Educator with 2023 Presidential Innovation Award

  • Release Date: April 21, 2023

• EPA Recognizes Waukegan Students with 2023 President’s Environmental Youth Award

  EPA News Release: EPA Recognizes Waukegan Students with 2023 President’s Environmental Youth Award

  • Release Date: April 21, 2023

• EPA Recognizes Ohio Educator with 2023 Presidential Innovation Award

  EPA News Release: EPA Recognizes Ohio Educator with 2023 Presidential Innovation Award

  • Release Date: April 21, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Selects University of Minnesota to Serve as New Technical Assistance Center to Help Communities Across Region 5 Access Historic Investments and Advance Environmental Justice

  EPA’s Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Centers include a network of over 160 partners to provide resources to unlock access to President Biden’s historic investments in America

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Selects University of Minnesota to Serve as New Technical Assistance Center to Help Communities Across Region 5 Access Historic Investments and Advance Environmental Justice

  • Release Date: April 14, 2023