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• Prevent Lung Cancer by Testing Your Home for Radon

  EPA News Release: Prevent Lung Cancer by Testing Your Home for Radon

  • Release Date: January 2, 2025

• Biden-Harris Administration Announce $890,000 to the Tennessee Department for Environment and Conservation’s Office of Energy Programs for Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  One Tennessee applicant selected to receive funding for three zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles, along with infrastructure and workforce development projects, to tackle climate change, reduce air pollution, and advance environmental justice

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announce $890,000 to the Tennessee Department for Environment and Conservation’s Office of Energy Programs for Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: December 12, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announce $5,600,000 to Birmingham City Schools for Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  One Alabama applicant selected to receive funding for 20 zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles, along with infrastructure and workforce development projects, to tackle climate change, reduce air pollution, and advance environmental justice

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announce $5,600,000 to Birmingham City Schools for Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: December 12, 2024

• EPA Cracks Down on Nashville-Based Seller of Automobile Emissions ‘Defeat Devices’ that Increase Air Pollution

  EPA News Release: EPA Cracks Down on Nashville-Based Seller of Automobile Emissions ‘Defeat Devices’ that Increase Air Pollution

  • Release Date: December 9, 2024

• EPA’s Annual Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Results Include Strongest Outcomes Since 2017

  Revitalized enforcement and compliance efforts delivered public health benefits for people and communities, combatted climate change, and ensured cleaner air, water and land

  EPA News Release: EPA’s Annual Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Results Include Strongest Outcomes Since 2017

  • Release Date: December 5, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces University of Alabama to Receive $295,870 in Grants to Help Businesses Prevent Pollution as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces University of Alabama to Receive $295,870 in Grants to Help Businesses Prevent Pollution as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: November 1, 2024

• MEDIA ADVISORY: Acting Region 4 Administrator to join Congresswoman Terri Sewell for press events to highlight EPA investments in Selma

  EPA News Release: MEDIA ADVISORY: Acting Region 4 Administrator to join Congresswoman Terri Sewell for press events to highlight EPA investments in Selma

  • Release Date: October 15, 2024

• EPA Reaches Settlement with Alabama Power Company to Address Compliance with Certain Coal Ash Regulations

  Case is part of EPA’s larger initiative to protect communities from coal ash contamination

  EPA News Release: EPA Reaches Settlement with Alabama Power Company to Address Compliance with Certain Coal Ash Regulations

  • Release Date: October 9, 2024

• City of Chattanooga and Trust for Public Land selected for prestigious $20 million EPA Community Change Grant to extend Alton Park Connector

  EPA News Release: City of Chattanooga and Trust for Public Land selected for prestigious $20 million EPA Community Change Grant to extend Alton Park Connector

  • Release Date: September 11, 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 penalizes Murfreesboro-based seller of automobile ‘defeat devices’

  EPA News Release: EPA penalizes Murfreesboro-based seller of automobile ‘defeat devices’

  • Release Date: June 4, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $12,005,000 in Rebates for Clean School Buses Across Tennessee as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $12,005,000 in Rebates for Clean School Buses Across Tennessee as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: May 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 Tennessee to Receive $156,120,000 to Deliver Residential Solar, Lowering Energy Costs and Advancing Environmental Justice Across Tennessee

  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

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Tennessee to Receive $156,120,000 to Deliver Residential Solar, Lowering Energy Costs and Advancing Environmental Justice Across Tennessee

  • Release Date: April 22, 2024

• THURSDAY: EPA to host community meetings for Memphis residents

  EPA News Release: THURSDAY: EPA to host community meetings for Memphis residents

  • Release Date: June 6, 2023