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• The University of Utah selected to receive $6.5M to reduce air pollution at schools in low-income, disadvantaged, and Tribal communities

  EPA News Release: The University of Utah selected to receive $6.5M to reduce air pollution at schools in low-income, disadvantaged, and Tribal communities

  • Release Date: August 22, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces $74.7 million for community-driven solutions to cut climate pollution across Utah

  EPA announces selected applications through competitive Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program to reduce harmful emissions, improve air quality and invest in communities

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces $74.7 million for community-driven solutions to cut climate pollution across Utah

  • Release Date: July 24, 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

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $1 Billion in Grants to Invest in America’s Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicle Transition

  EPA announces new grant program to fund zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles, infrastructure, and workforce development to tackle climate change, reduce air pollution, and advance environmental justice

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $1 Billion in Grants to Invest in America’s Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicle Transition

  • Release Date: April 24, 2024

• Pacific Northwest federal, state agencies to collaborate on prescribed fire, smoke management to confront wildfire crisis

  EPA News Release: Pacific Northwest federal, state agencies to collaborate on prescribed fire, smoke management to confront wildfire crisis

  • Release Date: April 5, 2024

• Utah to reduce indoor air pollution in schools, public buildings from wildfire smoke events through EPA grant

  State to receive $854k for wildfire smoke preparedness projects in target underserved areas

  EPA News Release: Utah to reduce indoor air pollution in schools, public buildings from wildfire smoke events through EPA grant

  • Release Date: January 23, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces Utah to receive funding for six Clean School Buses as part of Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces Utah to receive funding for six Clean School Buses as part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: January 9, 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 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

• Settlements with three natural gas processors to reduce air pollution in Colorado, North Dakota, Wyoming, the Southern Ute Reservation, and the Uintah and Ouray Reservation

  Clean Air Act settlements for facilities operated by Williams Companies, Inc., MPLX LP, and WES DJ Gathering LLC will reduce ozone-forming pollutants and greenhouse gases in EPA Region 8 communities

  EPA News Release: Settlements with three natural gas processors to reduce air pollution in Colorado, North Dakota, Wyoming, the Southern Ute Reservation, and the Uintah and Ouray Reservation

  • Release Date: April 20, 2023

• La EPA alienta a los residentes de las regiones de las Montañas Rocosas y las Grandes Llanuras a “probar su hogar” y reducir los niveles de radón en el hogar

  Colorado, Montana, Dakota del Norte, Dakota del Sur, Utah y Wyoming entre los estados de mayor riesgo de cáncer de pulmón por gas radón

  EPA News Release: La EPA alienta a los residentes de las regiones de las Montañas Rocosas y las Grandes Llanuras a “probar su hogar” y reducir los niveles de radón en el hogar

  • Release Date: January 25, 2023

• EPA encourages Rocky Mountain and Great Plains region residents to “Test Your Nest” and reduce home radon levels

  Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming among highest-risk states for lung cancer from radon gas

  EPA News Release: EPA encourages Rocky Mountain and Great Plains region residents to “Test Your Nest” and reduce home radon levels

  • Release Date: January 25, 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 finalizes plan to reduce harmful air pollution from oil and gas sources on the Uintah and Ouray Reservation in northeast Utah

  EPA News Release: EPA finalizes plan to reduce harmful air pollution from oil and gas sources on the Uintah and Ouray Reservation in northeast Utah

  • Release Date: December 8, 2022

• Biden-Harris Administration announces $1,284,587 for three community air pollution monitoring projects in Utah

  Largest investment for community air monitoring in EPA history funded by President Biden’s Climate and Economic Plans

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces $1,284,587 for three community air pollution monitoring projects in Utah

  • Release Date: November 3, 2022