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• Southern Ute Indian Tribe selected to receive $4,908,604 to cut climate pollution from oil and gas production sources

  Funded by President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda, Tribe among 34 Tribal and territory applications selected to receive Climate Pollution Reduction Grants

  EPA News Release: Southern Ute Indian Tribe selected to receive $4,908,604 to cut climate pollution from oil and gas production sources

  • Release Date: September 5, 2024

• Rosebud Sioux Tribe selected to receive $7,879,394 for new electric vehicles and charging stations

  Funded by President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda, Tribe among 34 Tribal and territory applications selected to receive Climate Pollution Reduction Grants

  EPA News Release: Rosebud Sioux Tribe selected to receive $7,879,394 for new electric vehicles and charging stations

  • Release Date: September 5, 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

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

  State to receive $1.89M for community wildfire smoke preparedness projects

  EPA News Release: Colorado 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 Colorado to receive funding for 49 Clean School Buses as part of Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces Colorado to receive funding for 49 Clean School Buses as part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: January 9, 2024

• EPA objects to Colorado’s Suncor refinery air permit after evaluating petitions

  Objection and order for Clean Air Act permit for Plant 2 requires state revisions 

  EPA News Release: EPA objects to Colorado’s Suncor refinery air permit after evaluating petitions

  • Release Date: August 1, 2023

• Informe de la EPA encuentra que la refinería Suncor tiene más incidentes de contaminación del aire en comparación con otras refinerías

  El departamento de salud del estado de Colorado solicitó la revisión para ayudar a identificar las causas y reducir la contaminación del aire de Suncor

  EPA News Release: Informe de la EPA encuentra que la refinería Suncor tiene más incidentes de contaminación del aire en comparación con otras refinerías

  • Release Date: June 9, 2023

• EPA report finds Suncor refinery having more air pollution incidents compared to other refineries

  Colorado state health department requested the review to help identify causes and reduce air pollution from Suncor

  EPA News Release: EPA report finds Suncor refinery having more air pollution incidents compared to other refineries

  • Release Date: June 9, 2023

• EPA Region 8 encourages the public to comment on proposals to cut ethylene oxide emissions from commercial sterilizers and healthcare facilities 

  Proposals would limit emissions of harmful chemical at facilities across EPA Region 8 states of Colo., Mont., N.D., S.D., Utah, and Wyo. 

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 8 encourages the public to comment on proposals to cut ethylene oxide emissions from commercial sterilizers and healthcare facilities 

  • Release Date: May 19, 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

• Biden-Harris Administration announces more than $2.9 million for seven community air pollution monitoring projects in Colorado

  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 more than $2.9 million for seven community air pollution monitoring projects in Colorado

  • Release Date: November 3, 2022

• Biden-Harris Administration announces $406,482 for community air pollution monitoring project on the Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota

  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 $406,482 for community air pollution monitoring project on the Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota

  • Release Date: November 3, 2022

• Biden-Harris Administration announces $3,600,000 from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program for South Dakota School Districts

  Historic investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law headed to all 50 states in effort to transform America’s school bus fleet

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces $3,600,000 from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program for South Dakota School Districts

  • Release Date: October 26, 2022