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• EPA and Philanthropy Northwest welcome applications for new $40M environmental justice grants program

  EPA News Release: EPA and Philanthropy Northwest welcome applications for new $40M environmental justice grants program

  • Release Date: October 31, 2024

• EPA Actions Protect Families and Children from Lead Exposure in New York and New Jersey

  EPA News Release: EPA Actions Protect Families and Children from Lead Exposure in New York and New Jersey

  • Release Date: October 24, 2024

• EPA Announces Partnerships with New York Communities to Replace Lead Water Pipes and Meet New EPA Requirements

  Thanks to the Biden-Harris Administration's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, these New York communities are accelerating access to lead-free drinking water.

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Partnerships with New York Communities to Replace Lead Water Pipes and Meet New EPA Requirements

  • Release Date: October 15, 2024

• 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 Orders PHRT to Remove Additional Chemicals from the Refinery on St. Croix

  EPA News Release: EPA Orders PHRT to Remove Additional Chemicals from the Refinery on St. Croix

  • Release Date: August 23, 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

• VIEO to Receive Over $62 Million from EPA to Provide Solar Power, Lower Energy Costs and Advance Environmental Justice Across the U.S. Virgin Islands

  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: VIEO to Receive Over $62 Million from EPA to Provide Solar Power, Lower Energy Costs and Advance Environmental Justice Across the U.S. Virgin Islands

  • Release Date: April 22, 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