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• EPA’s Thriving Communities program brings funding opportunities to Portsmouth

  EPA News Release: EPA’s Thriving Communities program brings funding opportunities to Portsmouth

  • Release Date: October 25, 2024

• EPA leads roundtable at Norfolk State University to tackle environmental justice

  EPA News Release: EPA leads roundtable at Norfolk State University to tackle environmental justice

  • Release Date: October 2, 2024

• Rooted in Justice: EPA and Richmond teams partner for greener Southside

  EPA News Release: Rooted in Justice: EPA and Richmond teams partner for greener Southside

  • Release Date: September 20, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces $22.4 million to protect and restore Chesapeake Bay through Investing in America agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces $22.4 million to protect and restore Chesapeake Bay through Investing in America agenda

  • Release Date: June 25, 2024

• National Wildlife Federation selected to Serve as New Technical Assistance Center to Help Communities Across EPA’s Mid-Atlantic Region 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: National Wildlife Federation selected to Serve as New Technical Assistance Center to Help Communities Across EPA’s Mid-Atlantic Region Access Historic Investments to Advance Environmental Justice.

  • Release Date: April 14, 2023

• EPA partners with golf course association to address best management practices, sustainability, improvements to air, water

  EPA News Release: EPA partners with golf course association to address best management practices, sustainability, improvements to air, water

  • Release Date: September 19, 2022

• Biden-Harris Administration and EPA Announce Delivery of Historic Water Infrastructure BIL Funding to Maryland

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration and EPA Announce Delivery of Historic Water Infrastructure BIL Funding to Maryland

  • Release Date: September 16, 2022

• EPA Removes C&R Battery from List of Nation’s Most Contaminated Sites

  EPA News Release: EPA Removes C&R Battery from List of Nation’s Most Contaminated Sites

  • Release Date: August 23, 2022

• Bear Creek Sediments Site in Baltimore Added to Superfund Cleanup List

  Bear Creek’s addition to EPA’s National Priorities List elevates clean-up plans

  EPA News Release: Bear Creek Sediments Site in Baltimore Added to Superfund Cleanup List

  • Release Date: March 18, 2022

• EPA Announces Plans to Use Funds from Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill to Expedite Cleanup at Arrowhead Plating Superfund Site

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Plans to Use Funds from Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill to Expedite Cleanup at Arrowhead Plating Superfund Site

  • Release Date: December 17, 2021

• EPA Proposes Adding Bear Creek Sediments Site to Superfund List

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Adding Bear Creek Sediments Site to Superfund List

  • Release Date: September 8, 2021

• Biden Administration Pledges to Assist City of Norfolk in Tackling Food Insecurity

  Project encourages community-led downtown and neighborhood revitalization, enhanced local economies and job creation, improved diet and health, and increased environment protection efforts

  EPA News Release: Biden Administration Pledges to Assist City of Norfolk in Tackling Food Insecurity

  • Release Date: June 3, 2021

• EPA Announces the Selection of Maryland Communities to Receive $600,000 in Brownfields Assessment Funding

  Will help underserved communities in Baltimore County and Frederick ‘Build Back Better’ and address Environmental Justice concerns

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces the Selection of Maryland Communities to Receive $600,000 in Brownfields Assessment Funding

  • Release Date: May 24, 2021

• EPA Finalizes Removal of Superfund Designation from First Piedmont Superfund Site in Pittsylvania County, Virginia

  EPA News Release: EPA Finalizes Removal of Superfund Designation from First Piedmont Superfund Site in Pittsylvania County, Virginia

  • Release Date: October 16, 2020

• EPA Administrator Wheeler Touts Superfund Accomplishments after 40 years

  EPA News Release: EPA Administrator Wheeler Touts Superfund Accomplishments after 40 years

  • Release Date: July 28, 2020