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• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $19 Million in Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants for Louisiana Organizations

  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.

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $19,944,576 in grant funding for the Dillard University and their partner United Way of Southeast Louisiana to help disadvantaged communities.

  • Release Date: August 8, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources will Receive $156,120,000 to Deliver Residential Solar, Lowering Energy Costs and Advancing Environmental Justice

  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

  As the Biden-Harris Administration celebrates Earth week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources has been selected to receive $156,129,000.

  • Release Date: April 23, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces at Least $15,719,907 in Awards for Clean School Buses Across Louisiana as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  The awards, which are made possible through President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, will help the selectees purchase clean school buses in three school districts across Louisiana.

  • Release Date: January 10, 2024

• $12 Million in Grants Awarded to Improve the Environment of Long Island Sound

  39 grants awarded to projects in New England and New York

  EPA News Release: $12 Million in Grants Awarded to Improve the Environment of Long Island Sound

  • Release Date: December 4, 2023

• EPA Announces $565,000 to Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana for Recycling Infrastructure Projects as Part of America Recycles Day

  On America Recycles Day, EPA announces grants under President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, funded in part by the largest recycling investment in 30 years

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $565,000 to Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana for Recycling Infrastructure Projects as Part of America Recycles Day

  • Release Date: November 30, 2023

• EPA Announces Over $3 Million in Grants Prioritizing Environmental Justice in Louisiana

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $3,149,999 million to fund five projects across Louisiana that advance environmental justice as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda.

  • Release Date: November 16, 2023

• EPA Announces Nearly $4 million to the City of New Orleans to expand recycling infrastructure

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $3,982,000 in funding to the City of New Orleans to improve material management and to improve existing recycling programs in the city.

  • Release Date: October 30, 2023

• EPA Region 6 Announces Virtual Listening Session on PFAS Strategic Roadmap

  Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 is announcing an upcoming virtual listening session on EPA’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap for Region 6 communities on April 25th, 2023 and inviting members of the public to attend and to speak.

  • Release Date: April 4, 2023

• EPA to Add Louisiana Superfund Site to the National Priorities List

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to add the Louisiana Superfund site Capitol Lakes to the National Priorities List. The NPL is a roster of the nation’s most contaminated sites that threaten human health or the environment.

  • Release Date: March 29, 2023

• EPA Announces $12.5 Million in funding for Environmental Justice Grants Program in the Gulf of Mexico

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $12.5 Million in funding for Environmental Justice Grants Program in the Gulf of Mexico

  • Release Date: February 28, 2023

• EPA Announces Gulf Guardian Award

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Gulf Guardian Award

  • Release Date: April 27, 2022

• Keeping Trash Out of the Great Lakes: EPA Awards over $725,000 to Address Trash in Lakes Erie and Michigan

  City of Erie, Pennsylvania, and University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh to implement trash collection projects to reduce trash in Lake Erie and Lake Michigan

  EPA News Release: Keeping Trash Out of the Great Lakes: EPA Awards over $725,000 to Address Trash in Lakes Erie and Michigan

  • Release Date: September 23, 2021

• Keeping Trash Out of the Great Lakes: EPA Awards $417,830 to University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh

  EPA News Release: Keeping Trash Out of the Great Lakes: EPA Awards $417,830 to University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh

  • Release Date: September 23, 2021

• Keeping Trash Out of the Great Lakes: EPA Awards $309,300 to City of Erie, Pennsylvania

  City to install two trash collection systems at Garrison Run

  EPA News Release: Keeping Trash Out of the Great Lakes: EPA Awards $309,300 to City of Erie, Pennsylvania

  • Release Date: September 23, 2021

• EPA Announces Baton Rouge Catholic High School Student Among 2021 President’s Environmental Youth Awards Winners

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Baton Rouge Catholic High School Student Among 2021 President’s Environmental Youth Awards Winners

  • Release Date: August 13, 2021