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• Biden-Harris Administration announces $22.4 million to protect and restore Chesapeake Bay through Investing in America agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces $22.4 million to protect and restore Chesapeake Bay through Investing in America agenda

  • Release Date: June 25, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $4,000,000 in Brownfield Grants Through Investing in America Agenda to Rehabilitate and Revitalize Communities in Arkansas

  Funded by $1.5 billion investment into Brownfields sites from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to address legacy pollution, advance environmental justice, and create healthier communities

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $4,000,000 in Brownfield Grants Through Investing in America Agenda to Rehabilitate and Revitalize Communities in Arkansas

  • Release Date: May 23, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Arkansas’ Hope Enterprise Corporation to Receive over $93 Million 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 Hope Enterprise Corporation in Arkansas has been selected to receive $$93,670,000.

  • Release Date: April 23, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces at Least $9,875,000 in Awards for Clean School Buses Across Arkansas 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 two school districts across Arkansas.

  • Release Date: January 10, 2024

• 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

• Bear Creek Sediments Site in Baltimore Added to Superfund Cleanup List

  Bear Creek’s addition to EPA’s National Priorities List elevates clean-up plans

  EPA News Release: Bear Creek Sediments Site in Baltimore Added to Superfund Cleanup List

  • Release Date: March 18, 2022

• EPA Proposes Adding Bear Creek Sediments Site to Superfund List

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Adding Bear Creek Sediments Site to Superfund List

  • Release Date: September 8, 2021

• EPA Announces Chicot County, Ark., to Receive $300,000 in Brownfields Assessment Funding

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Chicot County, Ark., to Receive $300,000 in Brownfields Assessment Funding

  • Release Date: June 1, 2021

• EPA Announces the Selection of Maryland Communities to Receive $600,000 in Brownfields Assessment Funding

  Will help underserved communities in Baltimore County and Frederick ‘Build Back Better’ and address Environmental Justice concerns

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces the Selection of Maryland Communities to Receive $600,000 in Brownfields Assessment Funding

  • Release Date: May 24, 2021

• EPA Completes Assessment of National Priorities Sites Following Hurricane Laura

  EPA News Release: EPA Completes Assessment of National Priorities Sites Following Hurricane Laura

  • Release Date: September 3, 2020

• EPA Selects SW Arkansas Planning & Redevelopment District to Receive $300,000 for Brownfields Assessment

  Funds are part of $65.6 million awarded nationwide

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects SW Arkansas Planning & Redevelopment District to Receive $300,000 for Brownfields Assessment

  • Release Date: May 13, 2020

• EPA Selects Pulaski Co., Ark., to Receive $300,000 for Brownfields Cleanup and Assessment

  Funds are part of $65.6 million awarded nationwide

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects Pulaski Co., Ark., to Receive $300,000 for Brownfields Cleanup and Assessment

  • Release Date: May 8, 2020

• Arkansas Interfaith Power & Light Receives EPA Environmental Justice Grant

  EPA News Release: Arkansas Interfaith Power & Light Receives EPA Environmental Justice Grant

  • Release Date: February 26, 2020