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• EPA Announces Over $13M in Grants to Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska to Cut Climate Pollution and Accelerate Clean Energy Transition

  Funded by President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda, EPA announces 34 selected tribal and territory applications through the competitive Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Over $13M in Grants to Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska to Cut Climate Pollution and Accelerate Clean Energy Transition

  • Release Date: September 5, 2024

• Public Invited to Wichita Informational Session on EPA’s Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program and Community Change Grants

  The Aug. 22 outreach event will provide information about Inflation Reduction Act grants

  EPA News Release: Public Invited to Wichita Informational Session on EPA’s Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program and Community Change Grants

  • Release Date: August 19, 2024

• EPA Hosts In-Person Regional Roadshow in KCMO to Help Communities Access Historic Investing in America Funding for Local Climate and Environmental Justice Solutions

  EPA News Release: EPA Hosts In-Person Regional Roadshow in KCMO to Help Communities Access Historic Investing in America Funding for Local Climate and Environmental Justice Solutions

  • Release Date: May 29, 2024

• EPA invests $3B into clean ports

  EPA opens two grant competitions funding zero-emission port equipment, infrastructure and planning to tackle the climate crisis, reduce pollution and advance environmental justice

  EPA News Release: EPA invests $3B into clean ports

  • Release Date: February 29, 2024

• 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

• Oil Recovery Operations and Mill Creek Restoration near Washington, Kansas, Are Complete

  Mill Creek is once again flowing naturally after the diversion system and final berms were removed

  EPA News Release: Oil Recovery Operations and Mill Creek Restoration near Washington, Kansas, Are Complete

  • Release Date: October 31, 2023

• EPA Announces $1M for Environmental Justice Projects in Kansas as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  Selection announced as part of largest investments through EPA’s Environmental Justice Government-to-Government grant program funded by President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $1M for Environmental Justice Projects in Kansas as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: October 24, 2023

• EPA announces $4.6b in pollution reduction grants for Pacific Northwest, Alaska  

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $4.6b in pollution reduction grants for Pacific Northwest, Alaska  

  • Release Date: September 20, 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

• Cleanup Operations at Oil Discharge Scene Near Washington, Kansas, Shift to Restoration

  The restoration of Mill Creek – overseen by EPA, KDHE, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – has begun

  EPA News Release: Cleanup Operations at Oil Discharge Scene Near Washington, Kansas, Shift to Restoration

  • Release Date: May 17, 2023

• Wichita State University to Serve as New Technical Assistance Center to Help Communities Across Midwest Access Historic Investments to Advance Environmental Justice

  EPA’s Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Centers include a network of over 160 partners to provide resources to unlock access to President Biden’s historic investments in America

  EPA News Release: Wichita State University to Serve as New Technical Assistance Center to Help Communities Across Midwest Access Historic Investments to Advance Environmental Justice

  • Release Date: April 13, 2023

• Unified command responds to vessel fire in Tacoma, Washington

  EPA News Release: Unified command responds to vessel fire in Tacoma, Washington

  • Release Date: April 9, 2023

• EPA Continues Oversight of Cleanup Operations Performed by TC Energy Near Washington, Kansas

  EPA News Release: EPA Continues Oversight of Cleanup Operations Performed by TC Energy Near Washington, Kansas

  • Release Date: March 30, 2023

• BNSF Swinomish Channel Derailment UNIFIED COMMAND

  News Media Update #3

  EPA News Release: BNSF Swinomish Channel Derailment UNIFIED COMMAND

  • Release Date: March 18, 2023

• EPA and TC Oil Pipeline Operations Inc. Enter Into Agreement to Clean Up Oil Discharge From Pipeline Rupture Near Washington, Kansas

  The pipeline rupture on Dec. 7 and oil discharge led to violations of the Clean Water Act

  EPA News Release: EPA and TC Oil Pipeline Operations Inc. Enter Into Agreement to Clean Up Oil Discharge From Pipeline Rupture Near Washington, Kansas

  • Release Date: January 9, 2023