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• EPA Requires Safety Improvements at Chlorine Gas Facility in Saipan

  EPA News Release: EPA Requires Safety Improvements at Chlorine Gas Facility in Saipan

  • Release Date: June 10, 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

• Biden-Harris Administration Selects California-Based Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs, Inc. to Receive $50 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects

  As part of the Investing in America agenda, Grantmakers selected to reduce barriers to federal funds and issue thousands of environmental justice grants over the next three years

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Selects California-Based Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs, Inc. to Receive $50 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects

  • Release Date: December 20, 2023

• EPA Reaches Settlements Over Clean Air Act Violations at Ports in California and Hawaii

  EPA News Release: EPA Reaches Settlements Over Clean Air Act Violations at Ports in California and Hawaii

  • Release Date: December 18, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $2 Million in Hawaii for Environmental Justice Projects as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  Hawaii projects announced as part of nationwide investments through EPA’s Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem Solving Cooperative Agreement program, funded by President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $2 Million in Hawaii for Environmental Justice Projects as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: October 24, 2023

• University of Arizona, San Diego State Unveiled as Centers to Help Communities Access Historic Environmental Justice Investments

  Biden-Harris Administration Announces $177 Million for 17 EPA Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Centers Nationwide

  EPA News Release: University of Arizona, San Diego State Unveiled as Centers to Help Communities Access Historic Environmental Justice Investments

  • Release Date: April 13, 2023

• EPA Announces $3 Million for Hawaii to Plan Innovative Climate Projects Across the State

  Funds from EPA’s new Climate Pollution Reduction Grant program made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $3 Million for Hawaii to Plan Innovative Climate Projects Across the State

  • Release Date: March 29, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Close to $95 Million from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program for School Districts in American Samoa, Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Nevada

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

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Close to $95 Million from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program for School Districts in American Samoa, Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Nevada

  • Release Date: October 26, 2022

• EPA Awards Over $14 Million to Improve and Protect Water Quality in Arizona, California, Nevada & Hawaii

  Grant funding will support state projects and leverage local partnerships

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Over $14 Million to Improve and Protect Water Quality in Arizona, California, Nevada & Hawaii

  • Release Date: October 19, 2022

• 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

• U.S. EPA fines The Gas Company over Clean Air Act violations in Kapolei

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA fines The Gas Company over Clean Air Act violations in Kapolei

  • Release Date: November 15, 2021

• U.S. EPA penalizes Hawaiian Ice for chemical safety violations

  2017 chemical release resulted in evacuation of nearby business community

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA penalizes Hawaiian Ice for chemical safety violations

  • Release Date: September 8, 2021

• EPA Announces $500,000 in Grants Available for U.S. Territories to Replace Diesel Equipment and Reduce Harmful Emissions

  Matching funds are not required for the first time under this grant

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $500,000 in Grants Available for U.S. Territories to Replace Diesel Equipment and Reduce Harmful Emissions

  • Release Date: April 30, 2021

• U.S. EPA settles with Honolulu-based BEI Hawaii over a Chlorine Gas Release and Pesticides Violations

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA settles with Honolulu-based BEI Hawaii over a Chlorine Gas Release and Pesticides Violations

  • Release Date: October 15, 2020

• U.S. EPA requires Hawaii’s largest refrigerated food warehouse to improve chemical safety

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA requires Hawaii’s largest refrigerated food warehouse to improve chemical safety

  • Release Date: September 28, 2020