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• Gebbers Farms pays $17,000 penalty for failing to protect workers from pesticides

  EPA News Release: Gebbers Farms pays $17,000 penalty for failing to protect workers from pesticides

  • Release Date: August 14, 2024

• EPA Awards Florence Fang Community Farm in San Francisco’s Bayview $75,000 Environmental Justice Grant to Increase Food Access

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Florence Fang Community Farm in San Francisco’s Bayview $75,000 Environmental Justice Grant to Increase Food Access

  • Release Date: June 28, 2022

• EPA Fines Owner of San Joaquin Valley Almond Orchard for Clean Water Act Violations, Orders Restoration of Wetlands

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Owner of San Joaquin Valley Almond Orchard for Clean Water Act Violations, Orders Restoration of Wetlands

  • Release Date: February 8, 2022

• U.S. EPA Fines Pesticide Application Company TriCal $44,275 for Pesticide Misuse

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Fines Pesticide Application Company TriCal $44,275 for Pesticide Misuse

  • Release Date: November 18, 2021

• U.S. EPA Penalizes Four California Facilities More Than $800,000 for Clean Air Act Chemical Safety Violations

  Under settlements, facility owners will pay fines, make safety improvements

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Penalizes Four California Facilities More Than $800,000 for Clean Air Act Chemical Safety Violations

  • Release Date: September 9, 2021

• EPA Announces two Northern California Winners of President’s Student Environmental Awards

  Watsonville, Calif. student group and Pleasanton, Calif. student among those recognized in a virtual ceremony by EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan and White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Brenda Mallory

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces two Northern California Winners of President’s Student Environmental Awards

  • Release Date: August 16, 2021

• Simplot pays $65K EPA penalty for pesticides violations

  Idaho & Oregon storage facilities cited for storage problems

  EPA News Release: Simplot pays $65K EPA penalty for pesticides violations

  • Release Date: July 22, 2021

• EPA Commits to Helping Sacramento Food Hubs

  Three Sacramento area food hubs to lead downtown and neighborhood revitalization

  EPA News Release: EPA Commits to Helping Sacramento Food Hubs

  • Release Date: June 3, 2021

• EPA Commits to supporting Las Vegas Area Food Hub

  Las Vegas area food hub to lead downtown and neighborhood revitalization

  EPA News Release: EPA Commits to supporting Las Vegas Area Food Hub

  • Release Date: June 3, 2021

• U.S. EPA to Support Farmworker Safety Training in the Pacific Southwest Through Funding National Farmworker Programs Association

  $2.5 million to be awarded nation-wide

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA to Support Farmworker Safety Training in the Pacific Southwest Through Funding National Farmworker Programs Association

  • Release Date: November 18, 2020

• EPA Announces Selection of WSU for $129,727 Grant to Help Communities Turn Food Waste into Fuel and Fertilizer

  Washington State University is among 12 Organizations to Receive National Funding to Support Anaerobic Digestion in Communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Selection of WSU for $129,727 Grant to Help Communities Turn Food Waste into Fuel and Fertilizer

  • Release Date: October 1, 2020

• EPA awards $2 million in grants to reduce toxics throughout Columbia River Basin

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $2 million in grants to reduce toxics throughout Columbia River Basin

  • Release Date: September 16, 2020

• U.S. EPA Administrator Wheeler Appoints New Californian Members to the Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Administrator Wheeler Appoints New Californian Members to the Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee

  • Release Date: June 17, 2020

• Recent EPA enforcement cases throughout the PNW & Alaska Actions finalized in January and February 2020

  EPA News Release: Recent EPA enforcement cases throughout the PNW & Alaska Actions finalized in January and February 2020

  • Release Date: April 29, 2020

• U.S. EPA provides nearly $29 million for environmental improvements on tribal lands in Arizona

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA provides nearly $29 million for environmental improvements on tribal lands in Arizona

  • Release Date: November 26, 2019