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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 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 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

• EPA Requires Norfolk Southern to Sample for Dioxins in East Palestine

  EPA will direct immediate cleanup as appropriate if contaminants from the derailment pose any unacceptable risk to human health

  EPA News Release: EPA Requires Norfolk Southern to Sample for Dioxins in East Palestine

  • Release Date: March 2, 2023

• EPA Opens Community Welcome Center in East Palestine for Residents and Business Owners

  EPA Community Welcome Center to provide community with ‘one-stop shop’ for information about the ongoing response to the train derailment; EPA deploys TAGA mobile lab to conduct real-time air-monitoring during waste removal

  EPA News Release: EPA Opens Community Welcome Center in East Palestine for Residents and Business Owners

  • Release Date: February 28, 2023

• EPA Orders Norfolk Southern to Conduct All Cleanup Actions Associated with the East Palestine Train Derailment

  EPA order comes as state-led emergency response transitions to environmental cleanup phase; EPA will continue to work with local, state, and federal partners to ensure the health and safety of East Palestine community

  EPA News Release: EPA Orders Norfolk Southern to Conduct All Cleanup Actions Associated with the East Palestine Train Derailment

  • Release Date: February 21, 2023

• Statement from Regional Administrator Debra Shore on the East Palestine Train Derailment

  EPA News Release: Statement from Regional Administrator Debra Shore on the East Palestine Train Derailment

  • Release Date: February 14, 2023

• EPA to Support Recreation Economy Growth in Ohio

  EPA News Release: EPA to Support Recreation Economy Growth in Ohio

  • Release Date: August 18, 2022

• Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont Receives Multiple EPA Federal Green Challenge Awards

  EPA News Release: Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont Receives Multiple EPA Federal Green Challenge Awards

  • Release Date: June 25, 2020

• Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System Receives Multiple EPA Federal Green Challenge Awards

  EPA News Release: Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System Receives Multiple EPA Federal Green Challenge Awards

  • Release Date: June 25, 2020

• EPA Announces University of Michigan, Kalamazoo’s Vestaron, Winners of the 2020 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards

  Innovative technologies decrease hazardous chemicals, reduce costs, and spur economic growth

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces University of Michigan, Kalamazoo’s Vestaron, Winners of the 2020 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards

  • Release Date: June 16, 2020

• EPA completes oil spill cleanup at Duck Creek in Toledo, Ohio

  EPA News Release: EPA completes oil spill cleanup at Duck Creek in Toledo, Ohio

  • Release Date: May 13, 2020

• EPA Recognizes WasteWise Winners in Great Lakes Region

  Honorees in Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin

  EPA News Release: EPA Recognizes WasteWise Winners in Great Lakes Region

  • Release Date: April 20, 2020

• EPA Region 5 to Donate Excess PPE for Use Fighting COVID-19

  More than 10,000 pieces of PPE to be donated for use in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 5 to Donate Excess PPE for Use Fighting COVID-19

  • Release Date: April 3, 2020

• EPA Awards $25,000 Grant to Michigan State Students for Innovative Technology Project

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $25,000 Grant to Michigan State Students for Innovative Technology Project

  • Release Date: February 20, 2020