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• EPA Region 7 Announces Opportunity to Apply for Farmer to Farmer Grant Funding

  $12 million available for historically underserved farm-focused projects in Gulf of Mexico watershed

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Announces Opportunity to Apply for Farmer to Farmer Grant Funding

  • Release Date: December 14, 2021

• EPA Recognizes Five Iowa Freight Industry Leaders for Environmental Performance

  EPA News Release: EPA Recognizes Five Iowa Freight Industry Leaders for Environmental Performance

  • Release Date: October 27, 2021

• EPA Announces $140,578 in Funding for Des Moines Metro Waste Authority Sustainable Materials Management Project

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $140,578 in Funding for Des Moines Metro Waste Authority Sustainable Materials Management Project

  • Release Date: October 4, 2021

• Iowa Waste Reduction Center in Cedar Falls, Iowa, Receives EPA Region 7 Pollution Prevention Award

  EPA News Release: Iowa Waste Reduction Center in Cedar Falls, Iowa, Receives EPA Region 7 Pollution Prevention Award

  • Release Date: September 20, 2021

• Lincoln, Nebraska, Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird Appointed Chair of EPA’s Local Government Advisory Committee

  Ferguson, Missouri, Mayor Ella Jones appointed to Local Government Advisory Committee and Small Community Advisory Subcommittee

  EPA News Release: Lincoln, Nebraska, Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird Appointed Chair of EPA’s Local Government Advisory Committee

  • Release Date: August 25, 2021

• EPA Awards $2.5 Million for Iowa Farm-Focused Projects to Improve Water Quality

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $2.5 Million for Iowa Farm-Focused Projects to Improve Water Quality

  • Release Date: June 16, 2021

• Sioux City, Iowa, Earns Top Three Ranking Among EPA’s 2021 Top Small-Size Cities for ENERGY STAR® Certified Buildings

  The city is cutting energy costs while increasing efficiency and reducing emissions

  EPA News Release: Sioux City, Iowa, Earns Top Three Ranking Among EPA’s 2021 Top Small-Size Cities for ENERGY STAR® Certified Buildings

  • Release Date: June 15, 2021

• Des Moines Earns Top Three Ranking Among EPA’s 2021 Top Mid-Size Cities for ENERGY STAR® Certified Buildings

  The city is cutting energy costs while increasing efficiency and reducing emissions

  EPA News Release: Des Moines Earns Top Three Ranking Among EPA’s 2021 Top Mid-Size Cities for ENERGY STAR® Certified Buildings

  • Release Date: June 15, 2021

• City of Marshalltown, Iowa, Selected for $300,000 EPA Brownfields Grant to Address Contaminated Properties

  EPA News Release: City of Marshalltown, Iowa, Selected for $300,000 EPA Brownfields Grant to Address Contaminated Properties

  • Release Date: May 27, 2021

• EPA Awards Three Iowa School Districts $70,000 for Older Diesel Bus Replacement

  $10.5 million to clean up 473 school buses in 40 states

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Three Iowa School Districts $70,000 for Older Diesel Bus Replacement

  • Release Date: April 20, 2021

• EPA Honors Two 2021 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year Award Winners in Iowa

  EPA News Release: EPA Honors Two 2021 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year Award Winners in Iowa

  • Release Date: April 13, 2021

• EPA Announces Four 2020 ENERGY STAR® Certified Manufacturing Plants in Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Four 2020 ENERGY STAR® Certified Manufacturing Plants in Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska

  • Release Date: March 18, 2021

• EPA Compliance Assistance Webinar for Agricultural Facilities Expires Online Feb. 21

  Learn how changes to Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act affect agricultural facilities

  EPA News Release: EPA Compliance Assistance Webinar for Agricultural Facilities Expires Online Feb. 21

  • Release Date: February 4, 2021

• EPA Invites Three Kansas City Metropolitan Area Cities and Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Apply for WIFIA Loans to Improve Water Quality

  Four of 55 new projects to provide water infrastructure upgrades for 30 million Americans, while creating over 40,000 jobs

  EPA News Release: EPA Invites Three Kansas City Metropolitan Area Cities and Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Apply for WIFIA Loans to Improve Water Quality

  • Release Date: January 12, 2021