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• 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

• In proposed settlement Hecla Limited to pay for riparian restoration and a $174,300 penalty for Clean Water Act violations at the Lucky Friday Mine in Mullan, Idaho

  Company’s $299,000 Supplemental Environmental Project will restore fish habitat in the South Fork Coeur d’Alene River

  EPA News Release: In proposed settlement Hecla Limited to pay for riparian restoration and a $174,300 penalty for Clean Water Act violations at the Lucky Friday Mine in Mullan, Idaho

  • Release Date: August 27, 2024

• EPA Region 7 Completes Oversight of Removal Activities at C6-Zero Site in Marengo, Iowa

  Explosion and fire at the site in December 2022 started a multi-agency, multi-year investigation and cleanup

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Completes Oversight of Removal Activities at C6-Zero Site in Marengo, Iowa

  • Release Date: August 1, 2024

• EPA Announces $280K in Environmental Education Funding for Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri Organizations

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $280K in Environmental Education Funding for Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri Organizations

  • Release Date: July 31, 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 announces $16 million environmental and climate justice community change grant to Pocatello, ID

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $16 million environmental and climate justice community change grant to Pocatello, ID

  • Release Date: July 25, 2024

• EPA announces $37 million grant to Nez Perce Tribe to cut climate pollution and improve air quality

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $37 million grant to Nez Perce Tribe to cut climate pollution and improve air quality

  • Release Date: July 22, 2024

• EPA selects Ivy Academy to receive $100,000 to support environmental education across Tennessee

  EPA News Release: EPA selects Ivy Academy to receive $100,000 to support environmental education across Tennessee

  • Release Date: July 9, 2024

• EPA Region 7 Presents $1M Check to City of Waterloo, Iowa, After Selection for Brownfields Grant

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Presents $1M Check to City of Waterloo, Iowa, After Selection for Brownfields Grant

  • Release Date: June 28, 2024

• EPA Region 7 Presents Nearly $4.5M Check to City of Keokuk, Iowa, After Selection for Brownfields Grant

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Presents Nearly $4.5M Check to City of Keokuk, Iowa, After Selection for Brownfields Grant

  • Release Date: June 27, 2024

• EPA Region 7 Presents $3M Brownfields Check to East Central Intergovernmental Association in Iowa

  Supplemental funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will provide more opportunities for cleanups in Iowa communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Presents $3M Brownfields Check to East Central Intergovernmental Association in Iowa

  • Release Date: June 26, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces National Strategy to Reduce Food Loss and Waste and Recycle Organics

  Joint efforts will reduce waste, increase recycling of organics, reduce climate pollution, save families and businesses money, and support a circular economy for all 

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces National Strategy to Reduce Food Loss and Waste and Recycle Organics

  • Release Date: June 12, 2024

• EPA partners with Tennessee Town Spring City to improve access to new community gardens and farmers market

  EPA News Release: EPA partners with Tennessee Town Spring City to improve access to new community gardens and farmers market

  • Release Date: June 5, 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