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• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $19 Million in Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants for Louisiana Organizations

  EPA announces initial selections from $2 billion Inflation Reduction Act program - the largest single environmental justice investment in history – delivered by President Biden’s Investing in America agenda.

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $19,944,576 in grant funding for the Dillard University and their partner United Way of Southeast Louisiana to help disadvantaged communities.

  • Release Date: August 8, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $34,403,346 in Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants in Alabama and Tennessee

  EPA announces initial selections from $2 billion Inflation Reduction Act program - the largest single environmental justice investment in history – delivered by President Biden’s Investing in America agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $34,403,346 in Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants in Alabama and Tennessee

  • Release Date: July 29, 2024

• EPA to host public forum in Africatown, Alabama to discuss environmental and health challenges, solutions

  EPA News Release: EPA to host public forum in Africatown, Alabama to discuss environmental and health challenges, solutions

  • Release Date: April 30, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources will Receive $156,120,000 to Deliver Residential Solar, Lowering Energy Costs and Advancing Environmental Justice

  EPA announces selectees under Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grant competition to deliver solar to low-income and disadvantaged households through the President’s Investing in America agenda

  As the Biden-Harris Administration celebrates Earth week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources has been selected to receive $156,129,000.

  • Release Date: April 23, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces at Least $15,719,907 in Awards for Clean School Buses Across Louisiana as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  The awards, which are made possible through President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, will help the selectees purchase clean school buses in three school districts across Louisiana.

  • Release Date: January 10, 2024

• EPA Announces Over $3 Million in Grants Prioritizing Environmental Justice in Louisiana

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $3,149,999 million to fund five projects across Louisiana that advance environmental justice as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda.

  • Release Date: November 16, 2023

• EPA Announces Nearly $4 million to the City of New Orleans to expand recycling infrastructure

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $3,982,000 in funding to the City of New Orleans to improve material management and to improve existing recycling programs in the city.

  • Release Date: October 30, 2023

• National Wildlife Federation selected to Serve as New Technical Assistance Center to Help Communities Across EPA’s Mid-Atlantic Region Access Historic Investments to Advance Environmental Justice.

  EPA’s Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Centers include a network of over 160 partners to provide resources to unlock access to President Biden’s historic investments in America

  EPA News Release: National Wildlife Federation selected to Serve as New Technical Assistance Center to Help Communities Across EPA’s Mid-Atlantic Region Access Historic Investments to Advance Environmental Justice.

  • Release Date: April 14, 2023

• EPA Region 6 Announces Virtual Listening Session on PFAS Strategic Roadmap

  Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 is announcing an upcoming virtual listening session on EPA’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap for Region 6 communities on April 25th, 2023 and inviting members of the public to attend and to speak.

  • Release Date: April 4, 2023

• EPA to Add Louisiana Superfund Site to the National Priorities List

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to add the Louisiana Superfund site Capitol Lakes to the National Priorities List. The NPL is a roster of the nation’s most contaminated sites that threaten human health or the environment.

  • Release Date: March 29, 2023

• EPA partners with golf course association to address best management practices, sustainability, improvements to air, water

  EPA News Release: EPA partners with golf course association to address best management practices, sustainability, improvements to air, water

  • Release Date: September 19, 2022

• EPA Announces $1.13 Million in Regional Source Reduction Assistance Grant Opportunities

  Priorities include reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, environmental justice

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $1.13 Million in Regional Source Reduction Assistance Grant Opportunities

  • Release Date: May 27, 2022

• New EPA analysis shows decline in release of certain toxic chemicals in Mid-Atlantic Region

  New features improve public access to local data

  EPA News Release: New EPA analysis shows decline in release of certain toxic chemicals in Mid-Atlantic Region

  • Release Date: March 3, 2022

• EPA Announces Public Listening Sessions on the Draft Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Public Listening Sessions on the Draft Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities

  • Release Date: January 27, 2022

• EPA Awards 2021 Environmental Justice Small Grants to Local Communities in the Southeast

  Nationally, EPA Announces $14.1 Million to Fund 133 Environmental Justice Grants

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards 2021 Environmental Justice Small Grants to Local Communities in the Southeast

  • Release Date: December 16, 2021