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• Biden-Harris Administration announces nearly $7.5 million grant to Passamaquoddy Tribe Indian Township to cut climate pollution and accelerate clean energy transition

  Funded by President Biden's Investing in America Agenda, EPA announces 34 selected Tribal and territory applications through the competitive Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces nearly $7.5 million grant to Passamaquoddy Tribe Indian Township to cut climate pollution and accelerate clean energy transition

  • Release Date: September 5, 2024

• Teck Alaska pays $429K penalty for hazardous waste violations at Red Dog Mine

  EPA's settlement with Teck Alaska, Incorporated, for hazardous waste violations at Red Dog Mine near Kotzebue, Alaska.

  • Release Date: August 6, 2024

• EPA partners with Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point to foster equitable Brownfields development strategies to reach environmental goals

  EPA News Release: EPA partners with Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point to foster equitable Brownfields development strategies to reach environmental goals

  • Release Date: March 22, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration expands EPA program to bring wastewater sanitation services to 150 more underserved communities across Rural America as part of Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration expands EPA program to bring wastewater sanitation services to 150 more underserved communities across Rural America as part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: February 13, 2024

• EPA and Partners to Host Open House on Milwaukee Floodplains Cleanup

  EPA News Release: EPA and Partners to Host Open House on Milwaukee Floodplains Cleanup

  • Release Date: February 8, 2024

• EPA awards $38M for re-use, recycling, composting infrastructure and outreach projects in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest

  Grant programs part of largest state, tribal and community recycling investment in 30 years

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $38M for re-use, recycling, composting infrastructure and outreach projects in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest

  • Release Date: November 15, 2023

• EPA New England Awards Over $1.28M to New England Tribes for Comprehensive, Economy-wide Climate Mitigation Planning

  Nine New England Tribes will benefit from more than $1.28 million made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act

  EPA News Release: EPA New England Awards Over $1.28M to New England Tribes for Comprehensive, Economy-wide Climate Mitigation Planning

  • Release Date: September 8, 2023

• EPA launches $20M program to address contaminated lands in Alaska

  Funds available to tribes, consortia, corporations and NGOs to address legacy pollution on lands conveyed under ANCSA

  EPA News Release: EPA launches $20M program to address contaminated lands in Alaska

  • Release Date: May 5, 2023

• EPA issues Toxics Release Inventory 2021 report on chemical releases and waste management in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest

  EPA News Release: EPA issues Toxics Release Inventory 2021 report on chemical releases and waste management in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest

  • Release Date: March 16, 2023

• EPA and IHS fully fund new $23M Warm Springs water treatment plant

  Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds enable reliable, safe drinking water for 3,800 people

  EPA News Release: EPA and IHS fully fund new $23M Warm Springs water treatment plant

  • Release Date: December 20, 2022

• EPA Issues Burn Ban on Yakama Reservation 

  EPA News Release: EPA Issues Burn Ban on Yakama Reservation 

  • Release Date: October 19, 2022

• EPA Awards $750,000 Pollution Prevention Grants to Oregon, Idaho and the Knik Tribal Council, Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $750,000 Pollution Prevention Grants to Oregon, Idaho and the Knik Tribal Council, Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  • Release Date: October 19, 2022

• EPA proposes revisions to Federal Air Rules for Reservations, seeks public comment

  EPA News Release: EPA proposes revisions to Federal Air Rules for Reservations, seeks public comment

  • Release Date: October 14, 2022

• EPA Proposes to Protect Bristol Bay’s Salmon Fishery, Subsistence Fishing for Alaska Natives

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes to Protect Bristol Bay’s Salmon Fishery, Subsistence Fishing for Alaska Natives

  • Release Date: May 25, 2022

• EPA Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Recycle City Educational Initiative

  Online games provide teachers and students with environmental learning resources

  EPA News Release: EPA Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Recycle City Educational Initiative

  • Release Date: April 21, 2022