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• City of Springfield, Mass., selected to receive a nearly $20 million Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grant

  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: City of Springfield, Mass., selected to receive a nearly $20 million Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grant

  • Release Date: July 25, 2024

• Massachusetts to benefit from a $450 million grant for community-driven solutions to cut climate pollution across New England

  Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources is part of a coalition selected by the EPA to receive a $450 million Climate Pollution Reduction Grant to tackle climate change, improve air quality, and advance environmental justice

  EPA News Release: Massachusetts to benefit from a $450 million grant for community-driven solutions to cut climate pollution across New England

  • Release Date: July 22, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources to receive over $156 million to deliver residential solar, lowering energy costs and advancing environmental justice across Massachusetts

  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 Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources to receive over $156 million to deliver residential solar, lowering energy costs and advancing environmental justice across Massachusetts

  • 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 New England honors 2024 ENERGY STAR Winners in Conn., Mass. and N.H.

  EPA News Release: EPA New England honors 2024 ENERGY STAR Winners in Conn., Mass. and N.H.

  • Release Date: March 26, 2024

• EPA's Southeast New England Program announces additional $1.25M request for proposals to advance resilience in disadvantaged communities

  EPA News Release: EPA's Southeast New England Program announces additional $1.25M request for proposals to advance resilience in disadvantaged communities

  • Release Date: March 4, 2024

• Breathe. Boston firm wins EPA clean indoor air challenge

  EPA News Release: Breathe. Boston firm wins EPA clean indoor air challenge

  • Release Date: February 22, 2024

• EPA and New England Aquarium spotlight the sunken treasure of Blue Carbon in climate resilience

  Aquarium temporary installation highlights collaborative research and critical carbon-capturing coastal environments of seagrass meadows and salt marshes

  EPA News Release: EPA and New England Aquarium spotlight the sunken treasure of Blue Carbon in climate resilience

  • Release Date: February 8, 2024

• Hyde Park, Mass. resident selected to join EPA's first-ever National Environmental Youth Advisory Council

  Marks the first time an EPA advisory committee features exclusively youth aged 16-29, charged with advising EPA on impacts of climate change and environmental harms

  EPA News Release: Hyde Park, Mass. resident selected to join EPA's first-ever National Environmental Youth Advisory Council

  • Release Date: November 16, 2023

• EPA, State and Local Officials Celebrate 25 Zero-Emission Clean School Buses Awarded to City of West Springfield, Mass.

  Latest funding from the President's Investing in America Agenda follows nearly $1 billion for thousands of electric and low-emission school buses across the nation

  EPA News Release: EPA, State and Local Officials Celebrate 25 Zero-Emission Clean School Buses Awarded to City of West Springfield, Mass.

  • Release Date: September 18, 2023

• EPA New England Awards Nearly $5M to State of Massachusetts and Two Metropolitan Areas for Comprehensive, Economy-wide Climate Mitigation Planning

  Massachusetts will receive nearly $3 million and Boston and Worcester metropolitan areas will each receive $1 million made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act

  EPA News Release: EPA New England Awards Nearly $5M to State of Massachusetts and Two Metropolitan Areas for Comprehensive, Economy-wide Climate Mitigation Planning

  • Release Date: August 30, 2023

• UMass Amherst Selected for $1+ Million EPA Research Grant to Address Energy Transitions in Underserved Communities

  EPA News Release: UMass Amherst Selected for $1+ Million EPA Research Grant to Address Energy Transitions in Underserved Communities

  • Release Date: August 17, 2023

• "Blue Carbon Reservoirs from Maine to Long Island NY" Report is now available

  EPA News Release: "Blue Carbon Reservoirs from Maine to Long Island NY" Report is now available

  • Release Date: August 8, 2023

• New England Continues to Experience Poor Air Quality due to Smoke from Canadian Wildfires on Tuesday July 18, 2023

  EPA News Release: New England Continues to Experience Poor Air Quality due to Smoke from Canadian Wildfires on Tuesday July 18, 2023

  • Release Date: July 17, 2023

• 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