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• EPA Announces 2024 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award Winners in the Northwest

  Winners helped consumers access products with safer ingredients and showed leadership in green chemistry and sustainable packaging

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces 2024 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award Winners in the Northwest

  • Release Date: September 24, 2024

• EPA Announces $3 Million for Community-Driven Solutions to Cut Climate Pollution Across the Hudson Valley in New York

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $3 Million for Community-Driven Solutions to Cut Climate Pollution Across the Hudson Valley in New York

  • Release Date: July 22, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces over $3 million in rebates for electric school buses across Idaho

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces over $3 million in rebates for electric school buses across Idaho

  • Release Date: May 29, 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 invests $3B into clean ports

  EPA opens two grant competitions funding zero-emission port equipment, infrastructure and planning to tackle the climate crisis, reduce pollution and advance environmental justice

  EPA News Release: EPA invests $3B into clean ports

  • Release Date: February 29, 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

• EPA announces inaugural Artist-in-Residence Program in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts in New York and New Jersey

  Arts and cultural strategies will support ongoing progress in treasured water bodies across New York and New Jersey

  EPA News Release: EPA announces inaugural Artist-in-Residence Program in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts in New York and New Jersey

  • Release Date: February 1, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Selects Philanthropy Northwest to receive $50 Million to fund environmental justice projects across the Pacific Northwest and Alaska

  EPA selects regional Grantmaker to reduce barriers to federal funds and award thousands of environmental justice grants over the next three years

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Selects Philanthropy Northwest to receive $50 Million to fund environmental justice projects across the Pacific Northwest and Alaska

  • 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

• EPA Announces $150 Million to Fund Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants for Alaska Native Villages

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $150 Million to Fund Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants for Alaska Native Villages

  • Release Date: November 21, 2023

• EPA announces $4.6b in pollution reduction grants for Pacific Northwest, Alaska  

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $4.6b in pollution reduction grants for Pacific Northwest, Alaska  

  • Release Date: September 20, 2023

• Join EPA in Rochester to Share Your Views on Great Lakes Restoration and Protection

  EPA News Release: Join EPA in Rochester to Share Your Views on Great Lakes Restoration and Protection

  • Release Date: July 11, 2023

• EPA and Congresswoman Velázquez Announce $7 Billion Solar for All Grant Competition at Community Workshop in Brooklyn, New York

  EPA seeking applications through the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to deploy residential solar in low-income and overburdened communities

  EPA News Release: EPA and Congresswoman Velázquez Announce $7 Billion Solar for All Grant Competition at Community Workshop in Brooklyn, New York

  • Release Date: June 29, 2023

• EPA announces funding for New York and New Jersey metropolitan areas to tackle climate pollution

  Albany, Buffalo, New York City, and Rochester metropolitan areas will each receive $1 million made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act

  EPA News Release: EPA announces funding for New York and New Jersey metropolitan areas to tackle climate pollution

  • Release Date: May 18, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Selects WE ACT to Serve as New Technical Assistance Center to Help Communities Across Region 2 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: Biden-Harris Administration Selects WE ACT to Serve as New Technical Assistance Center to Help Communities Across Region 2 Access Historic Investments to Advance Environmental Justice

  • Release Date: April 13, 2023