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• EPA $1 Million Climate Resilience Grant to Support South Bronx Communities 

  EPA News Release: EPA $1 Million Climate Resilience Grant to Support South Bronx Communities 

  • Release Date: August 29, 2024

• EPA Announces Nearly $1 Million to Support Involving South Bronx Communities in Climate Resiliency Planning

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Nearly $1 Million to Support Involving South Bronx Communities in Climate Resiliency Planning

  • Release Date: July 25, 2024

• EPA to Award a Half Million Dollars to South Bronx Organization to Combat Impacts of Climate Change

  EPA News Release: EPA to Award a Half Million Dollars to South Bronx Organization to Combat Impacts of Climate Change

  • Release Date: June 21, 2024

• EPA Announces $111 Million in Funding for New York State to Upgrade School Bus Fleet and Revitalize Communities

  City of Buffalo among nearly 60 New York State communities to benefit under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $111 Million in Funding for New York State to Upgrade School Bus Fleet and Revitalize Communities

  • Release Date: May 31, 2024

• EPA and New York State Break Ground on Project to Ensure Clean Drinking Water for Hicksville, N.Y. Households

  EPA News Release: EPA and New York State Break Ground on Project to Ensure Clean Drinking Water for Hicksville, N.Y. Households

  • Release Date: May 13, 2024

• NYSERDA to Receive Nearly $250 Million from EPA to Provide Solar Power, Lower Energy Costs and Advance Environmental Justice Across New York

  EPA announces selectees for Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grant competition to deliver solar to low-income and disadvantaged households through the President’s Investing in America agenda

  EPA News Release: NYSERDA to Receive Nearly $250 Million from EPA to Provide Solar Power, Lower Energy Costs and Advance Environmental Justice Across New York

  • Release Date: April 22, 2024

• EPA and DEC Launch Statewide Environmental Justice Listening Tour

  Meetings Advance Community Conversations and Engagement around Federal and New York State Environmental Justice Programs First Listening Session Scheduled for April 15 in Niagara Falls

  EPA News Release: EPA and DEC Launch Statewide Environmental Justice Listening Tour

  • Release Date: April 5, 2024

• EPA Invests $1 Million in New York State Communities Through UAlbany-Led Community Air Monitoring Projects

  EPA News Release: EPA Invests $1 Million in New York State Communities Through UAlbany-Led Community Air Monitoring Projects

  • Release Date: February 26, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces nearly $69 million in awards for clean school buses across New York as part of Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces nearly $69 million in awards for clean school buses across New York as part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: January 8, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Selects Fordham University to Receive $50 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across EPA Region 2 as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  As an environmental justice Grantmaker, Fordham University will help reduce barriers to federal funds and issue thousands of environmental justice grants over the next three years

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Selects Fordham University to Receive $50 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across EPA Region 2 as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: December 20, 2023

• $12 Million in Grants Awarded to Improve the Environment of Long Island Sound

  39 grants awarded to projects in New England and New York

  EPA News Release: $12 Million in Grants Awarded to Improve the Environment of Long Island Sound

  • Release Date: December 4, 2023

• New York Organizations and Agencies Slated to Get Over $6.1 Million in EPA Funding to Support Environmental Justice Work

  EPA News Release: New York Organizations and Agencies Slated to Get Over $6.1 Million in EPA Funding to Support Environmental Justice Work

  • Release Date: October 24, 2023

• New Jersey Organizations and Agencies Slated to Get Over $4.8 Million in EPA Funding to Support Environmental Justice Work

  EPA News Release: New Jersey Organizations and Agencies Slated to Get Over $4.8 Million in EPA Funding to Support Environmental Justice Work

  • Release Date: October 24, 2023

• New York Projects Slated to Get Over $6 Million Through Investing in America Agenda for Cleanup and Technical Assistance at Polluted Brownfield Sites

  EPA announces the largest investment ever in brownfields communities made by President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: New York Projects Slated to Get Over $6 Million Through Investing in America Agenda for Cleanup and Technical Assistance at Polluted Brownfield Sites

  • Release Date: May 25, 2023

• National Wildlife Federation selected to Serve as New Technical Assistance Center to Help Communities Across EPA’s Mid-Atlantic Region Access Historic Investments to 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: National Wildlife Federation selected to Serve as New Technical Assistance Center to Help Communities Across EPA’s Mid-Atlantic Region Access Historic Investments to Advance Environmental Justice.

  • Release Date: April 14, 2023