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• Biden-Harris Administration Selects RTI International to Receive $100M to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across U.S., to Include Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  Grantmaker 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 RTI International to Receive $100M to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across U.S., to Include Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: December 20, 2023

• EPA Administrator Regan Announces Members of First-Ever National Environmental Youth Advisory Council

  New members include youth from Missouri and Iowa, charged with advising EPA on impacts of climate change and environmental harm

  EPA News Release: EPA Administrator Regan Announces Members of First-Ever National Environmental Youth Advisory Council

  • Release Date: November 16, 2023

• EPA Region 7 and Harris-Stowe State University in St. Louis Establish Five-Year Environmental Partnership

  Memorandum of Understanding launches joint educational activities, programs, and environmental activities on campus

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 and Harris-Stowe State University in St. Louis Establish Five-Year Environmental Partnership

  • Release Date: November 13, 2023

• EPA Region 7 Presents $4M Check to City of Iowa City, After Selection for Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling Grant

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Presents $4M Check to City of Iowa City, After Selection for Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling Grant

  • Release Date: November 8, 2023

• EPA Announces Over $2.5M for Environmental Justice Projects in Communities Across Iowa

  Selections are part of largest investments through EPA’s Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Cooperative Agreement and Environmental Justice Government-to-Government grant programs funded by President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Over $2.5M for Environmental Justice Projects in Communities Across Iowa

  • Release Date: October 24, 2023

• EPA Announces Availability of $4.6B in Competitive Grants to Cut Climate Pollution as Part of President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda

  Announcement comes during Climate Week 2023

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Availability of $4.6B in Competitive Grants to Cut Climate Pollution as Part of President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: September 20, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Invests Over $4.5M in Iowa Recycling Infrastructure Projects Through Investing in America Agenda

  EPA grants funded in part by largest recycling investment in 30 years under President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Invests Over $4.5M in Iowa Recycling Infrastructure Projects Through Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: September 13, 2023

• EPA Region 7 to Present City of Fort Dodge, Iowa, with $500K Check for Brownfields Grant

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 to Present City of Fort Dodge, Iowa, with $500K Check for Brownfields Grant

  • Release Date: June 15, 2023

• EPA Region 7 to Present City of Perry, Iowa, with $375K Check for Brownfields Grant

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 to Present City of Perry, Iowa, with $375K Check for Brownfields Grant

  • Release Date: June 15, 2023

• EPA Region 7 to Present City of Eldora, Iowa, with $400K Check for Brownfields Grant

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 to Present City of Eldora, Iowa, with $400K Check for Brownfields Grant

  • Release Date: June 14, 2023

• EPA Region 7 to Present City of Mason City, Iowa, with $500K Check for Brownfields Grant

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 to Present City of Mason City, Iowa, with $500K Check for Brownfields Grant

  • Release Date: June 13, 2023

• EPA Region 7 Presents City of Oskaloosa, Iowa, with $300K Check for Brownfields Grant

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Presents City of Oskaloosa, Iowa, with $300K Check for Brownfields Grant

  • Release Date: June 12, 2023

• EPA Region 7 Presents $642K Check to City of Waterloo, Iowa, After Selection for Brownfields Grant

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Presents $642K Check to City of Waterloo, Iowa, After Selection for Brownfields Grant

  • Release Date: June 8, 2023

• EPA Region 7 Presents $500K Check to City of Clinton, Iowa, After Selection for Brownfields Grant

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Presents $500K Check to City of Clinton, Iowa, After Selection for Brownfields Grant

  • Release Date: June 7, 2023

• EPA Region 7 Presents $2M Check to East Central Intergovernmental Association in Iowa After Selection for Brownfields Grants

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Presents $2M Check to East Central Intergovernmental Association in Iowa After Selection for Brownfields Grants

  • Release Date: June 7, 2023