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• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $49 Million for the City of New Orleans to Develop Community-Driven Solutions to Cut Climate Pollution Across Louisiana

  Funded by President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda, EPA announces selected applications through competitive Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program to tackle climate change, improve air quality, and advance environmental justice

  As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the City of New Orleans will receive $49,975,589 from the Climate Pollution Reduction Grant.

  • Release Date: July 23, 2024

• EPA Announces $250,000 to Winners of the Small Communities - Big Challenges Prize Competition

  Florida Department of Health, Orange County, Fla., won the prize for Building on Bithlo's Transformation

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $250,000 to Winners of the Small Communities - Big Challenges Prize Competition

  • Release Date: June 21, 2024

• Reaction to EPA’s Solar for All Shows Positive Momentum for Solar Power Across NJ, NY, PR and USVI

  EPA News Release: Reaction to EPA’s Solar for All Shows Positive Momentum for Solar Power Across NJ, NY, PR and USVI

  • Release Date: April 23, 2024

• EPA awards $75,000 to University of Central Florida’s student team for innovative solutions to environmental public health challenges

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $75,000 to University of Central Florida’s student team for innovative solutions to environmental public health challenges

  • Release Date: March 14, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Selects Fordham University to Receive $50 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across EPA Region 2 as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  As an environmental justice Grantmaker, Fordham University will help reduce barriers to federal funds and issue thousands of environmental justice grants over the next three years

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Selects Fordham University to Receive $50 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across EPA Region 2 as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: December 20, 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

• EPA Invests in Students with Grant for The University of the Virgin Islands

  EPA News Release: EPA Invests in Students with Grant for The University of the Virgin Islands

  • Release Date: September 12, 2023

• EPA to Award More than $650,000 to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to Support Water Quality Monitoring at Beaches to Protect Public Health

  EPA News Release: EPA to Award More than $650,000 to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to Support Water Quality Monitoring at Beaches to Protect Public Health

  • Release Date: June 20, 2023

• La EPA otorgará más de $650,000 a Puerto Rico y las Islas Vírgenes de los Estados Unidos para apoyar el monitoreo de la calidad del agua en las playas a fin de proteger la salud pública

  EPA News Release: La EPA otorgará más de $650,000 a Puerto Rico y las Islas Vírgenes de los Estados Unidos para apoyar el monitoreo de la calidad del agua en las playas a fin de proteger la salud pública

  • Release Date: June 20, 2023

• MEDIA ADVISORY: *REVISED TIME* EPA and Congresswoman Castor to Highlight $1 Million in Brownfields Job Training Funds at Tampa Event on Thursday

  EPA News Release: MEDIA ADVISORY: *REVISED TIME* EPA and Congresswoman Castor to Highlight $1 Million in Brownfields Job Training Funds at Tampa Event on Thursday

  • Release Date: May 31, 2023

• EPA Celebrates the 2023 Winners of the Presidential Environmental Youth and Educator Awards in Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina

  EPA News Release: EPA Celebrates the 2023 Winners of the Presidential Environmental Youth and Educator Awards in Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina

  • Release Date: April 26, 2023

• U.S. EPA Honors 2023 ENERGY STAR® Partners of the Year Award Winners in Florida

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Honors 2023 ENERGY STAR® Partners of the Year Award Winners in Florida

  • Release Date: March 28, 2023

• EPA Announces Louisiana to Receive Nearly $2.4 Million for Air Monitoring Projects

  Largest investment for community air monitoring in EPA history funded by President Biden’s Climate and Economic Plans

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced four Louisiana organizations will receive $2,399,604 from President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act and American Rescue Plan to enhance air quality monitoring in marginalized communities.

  • Release Date: November 3, 2022

• EPA Region 4 Announces 2022 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award Winners

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 4 Announces 2022 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award Winners

  • Release Date: November 1, 2022

• EPA Announces $43,000,000 in Clean School Bus Funding for School Districts in Louisiana

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

  The Biden-Harris Administration announced the Fiscal Year 2022 recipients of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean School Bus Program rebate competition, awarding $43,845,000 to Louisiana school districts.

  • Release Date: October 26, 2022