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• EPA announces $78M in grants to Tribes in Alaska, Pacific Northwest to cut climate pollution, accelerate clean energy transition

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $78M in grants to Tribes in Alaska, Pacific Northwest to cut climate pollution, accelerate clean energy transition

  • Release Date: September 5, 2024

• EPA and Partners to Test Options to Remove Drums from Torch Lake in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

  EPA to Hold Open House August 20 in Lake Linden

  EPA News Release: EPA and Partners to Test Options to Remove Drums from Torch Lake in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

  • Release Date: August 14, 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 Announces New Round of Flyovers to Look for Emissions in the Permian Basin

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is conducting another round of helicopter flyovers to survey oil and gas facilities in the Permian Basin region.

  • Release Date: August 6, 2024

• EPA begins cleanup work at JH Baxter facility in Eugene, Oregon

  EPA will begin cleanup, also known as a time-critical removal action, at the J.H. Baxter facility in West Eugene, Oregon.

  • Release Date: August 5, 2024

• EPA penalizes Starbound, LLC $168,000 for Clean Water Act violations off Oregon, Washington, Alaska coasts 

  EPA News Release: EPA penalizes Starbound, LLC $168,000 for Clean Water Act violations off Oregon, Washington, Alaska coasts 

  • Release Date: August 1, 2024

• EPA announces $16 million environmental and climate justice community change grant to Pocatello, ID

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $16 million environmental and climate justice community change grant to Pocatello, ID

  • Release Date: July 25, 2024

• EPA announces $19 million environmental and climate justice community change grant to Lane County, OR

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $19 million environmental and climate justice community change grant to Lane County, OR

  • Release Date: July 25, 2024

• EPA announces $20 million environmental and climate justice community change grant to Gonzaga

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $20 million environmental and climate justice community change grant to Gonzaga

  • Release Date: July 25, 2024

• Intalco to pay $5 million penalty for major Clean Air Act violations at former Ferndale smelter

  EPA News Release: Intalco to pay $5 million penalty for major Clean Air Act violations at former Ferndale smelter

  • Release Date: July 23, 2024

• EPA and Partners Celebrate $1M Through Investing in America Agenda for Northern New Mexico Brownfields Programs

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and New Mexico elected officials celebrated $1 million in Brownfields grants to Santa Fe Community College (SFCC) and the City of Raton from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda.

  • Release Date: July 23, 2024

• EPA and Partners Complete Cleanup and Restoration, Open New Trail at Spirit Lake near Duluth, Minnesota

  Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding accelerated the project, part of the St. Louis River Area of Concern on Lake Superior

  EPA News Release: EPA and Partners Complete Cleanup and Restoration, Open New Trail at Spirit Lake near Duluth, Minnesota

  • Release Date: July 10, 2024

• Clearwater Paper to pay over $367,000 for failing to properly report extremely hazardous chlorine releases

  EPA News Release: Clearwater Paper to pay over $367,000 for failing to properly report extremely hazardous chlorine releases

  • Release Date: July 9, 2024

• EPA and NMED Inspections Identify Widespread Emissions at Oil and Gas Facilities in the Permian Basin Area

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 and the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) recently posted the reports for 124 facilities the two agencies inspected in the New Mexico Permian Basin area in April.

  • Release Date: July 5, 2024

• La EPA y el Ministerio de Justicia demandan a vaquerías del Bajo Valle de Yakima por prácticas de abono que ponen en peligro a usuarios de pozos cercanos

  La Agencia insta a los miembros de las comunidades de la zona a que sometan sus pozos a pruebas

  EPA News Release: La EPA y el Ministerio de Justicia demandan a vaquerías del Bajo Valle de Yakima por prácticas de abono que ponen en peligro a usuarios de pozos cercanos

  • Release Date: July 2, 2024