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• New Hampshire to benefit from a $450 million grant for community-driven solutions to cut climate pollution across New England

  New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services is part of a coalition selected by the EPA to receive a $450 million Climate Pollution Reduction Grant to tackle climate change, improve air quality, and advance environmental justice

  EPA News Release: New Hampshire to benefit from a $450 million grant for community-driven solutions to cut climate pollution across New England

  • Release Date: July 22, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces over $18 million to support clean U.S. manufacturing of construction materials across New England

  Grants from President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act will support the renewal of American manufacturing by helping businesses produce low-carbon materials

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces over $18 million to support clean U.S. manufacturing of construction materials across New England

  • Release Date: July 16, 2024

• EPA awards over $8.8 million to reduce air pollution from wood heaters

  Inflation Reduction Act to fund nationwide wood heater testing effort

  EPA News Release: EPA awards over $8.8 million to reduce air pollution from wood heaters

  • Release Date: June 25, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces Executive Office of the State of New Hampshire to receive over $43.5 million to deliver residential solar, lowering energy costs and advancing environmental justice across New Hampshire

  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

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces Executive Office of the State of New Hampshire to receive over $43.5 million to deliver residential solar, lowering energy costs and advancing environmental justice across New Hampshire

  • Release Date: April 22, 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 announces nearly $83 million in funding to expand air quality monitoring across the nation as part of Investing in America agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces nearly $83 million in funding to expand air quality monitoring across the nation as part of Investing in America agenda

  • Release Date: February 16, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration selects Health Resources in Action to receive $50,000,000 to fund environmental justice projects across New England as part of Investing in America agenda

  Grantmakers 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 Health Resources in Action to receive $50,000,000 to fund environmental justice projects across New England as part of Investing in America agenda

  • Release Date: December 20, 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 New England Awards $3M to State of New Hampshire for Comprehensive, Economy-wide Climate Mitigation Planning

  New Hampshire will receive $3 million made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act

  EPA News Release: EPA New England Awards $3M to State of New Hampshire for Comprehensive, Economy-wide Climate Mitigation Planning

  • Release Date: August 30, 2023

• EPA Adds Bradford Island near Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River to the National Priorities or “Superfund” List

  EPA News Release: EPA Adds Bradford Island near Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River to the National Priorities or “Superfund” List

  • Release Date: March 17, 2022

• EPA settles with Emerald Kalama Chemical, LLC over hazardous waste handling, storage violations

  Facility agrees to modify practice and pay penalty to settle alleged violations

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with Emerald Kalama Chemical, LLC over hazardous waste handling, storage violations

  • Release Date: February 8, 2021

• EPA Publishes 2019 Annual Toxics Release Inventory Report and Analysis

  EPA News Release: EPA Publishes 2019 Annual Toxics Release Inventory Report and Analysis

  • Release Date: January 12, 2021

• Idaho, Oregon, Washington and partners to receive nearly $1 Million in EPA Pollution Prevention Grants

  EPA News Release: Idaho, Oregon, Washington and partners to receive nearly $1 Million in EPA Pollution Prevention Grants

  • Release Date: September 23, 2020

• Recent EPA enforcement cases throughout the PNW

  Actions finalized in May and June 2020

  EPA News Release: Recent EPA enforcement cases throughout the PNW

  • Release Date: September 10, 2020

• EPA to begin time-critical removal work at Kaiser site in Mead, Washington

  Asbestos, PCBs at former aluminum smelter pose risks to people

  EPA News Release: EPA to begin time-critical removal work at Kaiser site in Mead, Washington

  • Release Date: July 23, 2020