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• Biden-Harris Administration announces Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources to receive over $49 million to deliver residential solar, lowering energy costs and advancing environmental justice across Rhode Island

  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 Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources to receive over $49 million to deliver residential solar, lowering energy costs and advancing environmental justice across Rhode Island

  • Release Date: April 22, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $62 Million to Deliver Residential Solar, Lowering Energy Costs and Advancing Environmental Justice Across Hawaii

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

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $62 Million to Deliver Residential Solar, Lowering Energy Costs and Advancing Environmental Justice Across Hawaii

  • Release Date: April 22, 2024

• EPA New England issues three air permits for offshore wind farm projects

  EPA News Release: EPA New England issues three air permits for offshore wind farm projects

  • Release Date: April 16, 2024

• EPA proposes denying Midwest Generation’s request for more time to close an unlined coal ash pond at Waukegan, Illinois, facility

  Agency opens public comment period July 5

  EPA News Release: EPA proposes denying Midwest Generation’s request for more time to close an unlined coal ash pond at Waukegan, Illinois, facility

  • Release Date: June 21, 2023

• EPA Reminds New Englanders to Use Free Air Quality Alerts for the Summer Smog Season

  Air Quality Awareness Week is May 1–5, 2023

  EPA News Release: EPA Reminds New Englanders to Use Free Air Quality Alerts for the Summer Smog Season

  • Release Date: May 1, 2023

• EPA Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Recycle City Educational Initiative

  Online games provide teachers and students with environmental learning resources

  EPA News Release: EPA Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Recycle City Educational Initiative

  • Release Date: April 21, 2022

• EPA Announces 13 Healthy Communities Grants Awarded in New England

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces 13 Healthy Communities Grants Awarded in New England

  • Release Date: November 4, 2021

• EPA Names Wheeling, West Virginia, and California-Lexington Park, Maryland, among top 10 Small Cities for ENERGY STAR Certified Buildings in 2021

  Cities cutting energy costs while increasing efficiency, reducing emissions

  EPA News Release: EPA Names Wheeling, West Virginia, and California-Lexington Park, Maryland, among top 10 Small Cities for ENERGY STAR Certified Buildings in 2021

  • Release Date: June 16, 2021

• U.S. EPA penalizes Hawaii fuel storage facility for violating oil spill prevention requirements

  Under settlement, owner and operator will pay a fine, make improvements at facility

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA penalizes Hawaii fuel storage facility for violating oil spill prevention requirements

  • Release Date: June 8, 2021

• U.S. EPA Honors 2021 ENERGY STAR® Partners of the Year Award Winners in Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Nevada

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Honors 2021 ENERGY STAR® Partners of the Year Award Winners in Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Nevada

  • Release Date: April 13, 2021

• Appalachian Power Company Wins EPA Honors as 2021 Energy Star Partner of the Year– Sustained Excellence Award

  EPA News Release: Appalachian Power Company Wins EPA Honors as 2021 Energy Star Partner of the Year– Sustained Excellence Award

  • Release Date: April 13, 2021

• EPA fines Par Hawaii refining facilities over chemical safety, hazardous waste violations in West Oahu

  EPA News Release: EPA fines Par Hawaii refining facilities over chemical safety, hazardous waste violations in West Oahu

  • Release Date: February 11, 2021

• EPA Honors Appalachian Power as a 2020 ENERGY STAR Residential New Construction Market Leader

  EPA News Release: EPA Honors Appalachian Power as a 2020 ENERGY STAR Residential New Construction Market Leader

  • Release Date: September 23, 2020

• U.S. EPA Honors 2020 ENERGY STAR Partners of the Year in Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, DC and West Virginia

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Honors 2020 ENERGY STAR Partners of the Year in Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, DC and West Virginia

  • Release Date: April 1, 2020

• Free Technical Assistance to Communities in Rhode Island to Support Environmental and Public Health Improvements

  EPA News Release: Free Technical Assistance to Communities in Rhode Island to Support Environmental and Public Health Improvements

  • Release Date: June 12, 2019