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• Biden-Harris Administration Selects RTI International to Receive $100M to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across U.S., to Include Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  Grantmaker selected to reduce barriers to federal funds and issue thousands of environmental justice grants over the next three years

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Selects RTI International to Receive $100M to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across U.S., to Include Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: December 20, 2023

• EPA Administrator Regan Announces Members of First-Ever National Environmental Youth Advisory Council

  New members include youth from Missouri and Iowa, charged with advising EPA on impacts of climate change and environmental harm

  EPA News Release: EPA Administrator Regan Announces Members of First-Ever National Environmental Youth Advisory Council

  • Release Date: November 16, 2023

• EPA Announces Over $3.8M in Region 7 for Tribal Recycling Infrastructure Projects and Recycling Education and Outreach Grants as Part of America Recycles Day

  On America Recycles Day and the anniversary of President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, EPA announces grants funded in part by the largest recycling investment in 30 years

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Over $3.8M in Region 7 for Tribal Recycling Infrastructure Projects and Recycling Education and Outreach Grants as Part of America Recycles Day

  • Release Date: November 15, 2023

• EPA Region 7 and Harris-Stowe State University in St. Louis Establish Five-Year Environmental Partnership

  Memorandum of Understanding launches joint educational activities, programs, and environmental activities on campus

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 and Harris-Stowe State University in St. Louis Establish Five-Year Environmental Partnership

  • Release Date: November 13, 2023

• EPA Region 7 Presents $4M Check to City of Iowa City, After Selection for Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling Grant

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Presents $4M Check to City of Iowa City, After Selection for Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling Grant

  • Release Date: November 8, 2023

• EPA Region 7 Presents $1M Check to Boonslick Regional Planning Commission in Missouri, After Selection for Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling Grant

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Presents $1M Check to Boonslick Regional Planning Commission in Missouri, After Selection for Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling Grant

  • Release Date: October 26, 2023

• EPA Announces $3.5M for Environmental Justice Projects in Communities Across Missouri

  Funded by President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, selections in Columbia, Kansas City, and Springfield announced as part of largest-ever investments under two longstanding EPA Environmental Justice grant programs

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $3.5M for Environmental Justice Projects in Communities Across Missouri

  • Release Date: October 24, 2023

• EPA Announces Over $2.5M for Environmental Justice Projects in Communities Across Iowa

  Selections are part of largest investments through EPA’s Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Cooperative Agreement and Environmental Justice Government-to-Government grant programs funded by President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Over $2.5M for Environmental Justice Projects in Communities Across Iowa

  • Release Date: October 24, 2023

• EPA Selects Curators of the University of Missouri to Receive Over $850K Pollution Prevention Grant to Advance Environmental Justice

  Missouri University of Science and Technology will undertake a multi-state project with the University of Alaska Fairbanks

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects Curators of the University of Missouri to Receive Over $850K Pollution Prevention Grant to Advance Environmental Justice

  • Release Date: October 12, 2023

• EPA Announces $330M WIFIA Loan to Reduce Air Emissions from Wastewater Treatment Plants in Missouri

  When combined with other funding sources, the WIFIA program has supported $40 billion for America’s water infrastructure

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $330M WIFIA Loan to Reduce Air Emissions from Wastewater Treatment Plants in Missouri

  • Release Date: October 10, 2023

• Wexford Labs in Kirkwood, Missouri, Selected for EPA 2023 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award

  EPA News Release: Wexford Labs in Kirkwood, Missouri, Selected for EPA 2023 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award

  • Release Date: October 2, 2023

• EPA Announces Availability of $4.6B in Competitive Grants to Cut Climate Pollution as Part of President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda

  Announcement comes during Climate Week 2023

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Availability of $4.6B in Competitive Grants to Cut Climate Pollution as Part of President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: September 20, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Invests Over $1.6M in Missouri Recycling Infrastructure Projects Through Investing in America Agenda

  EPA grants funded in part by largest recycling investment in 30 years under President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Invests Over $1.6M in Missouri Recycling Infrastructure Projects Through Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: September 13, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Invests Over $4.5M in Iowa Recycling Infrastructure Projects Through Investing in America Agenda

  EPA grants funded in part by largest recycling investment in 30 years under President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Invests Over $4.5M in Iowa Recycling Infrastructure Projects Through Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: September 13, 2023

• EPA Region 7 Presents $500K Check to City of St. Louis, Missouri, After Selection for Brownfields Grant

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Presents $500K Check to City of St. Louis, Missouri, After Selection for Brownfields Grant

  • Release Date: August 24, 2023