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• EPA $1 Million Climate Resilience Grant to Support South Bronx Communities 

  EPA News Release: EPA $1 Million Climate Resilience Grant to Support South Bronx Communities 

  • Release Date: August 29, 2024

• EPA Orders PHRT to Remove Additional Chemicals from the Refinery on St. Croix

  EPA News Release: EPA Orders PHRT to Remove Additional Chemicals from the Refinery on St. Croix

  • Release Date: August 23, 2024

• EPA Announces Clean School Bus Funding of Nearly $8 million for Alief ISD as Part of the Investing in America Agenda

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that Alief Independent School District is receiving $7,900,000 through EPA’s Clean School Bus Grant Program.

  • Release Date: August 20, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $20 Million in Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants for Texas 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 $20,000,000 in grant funding for the Houston Health Department and their partner Black United Fund of Texas (BUFTX).

  • Release Date: August 8, 2024

• EPA Announces Nearly $1 Million to Support Involving South Bronx Communities in Climate Resiliency Planning

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Nearly $1 Million to Support Involving South Bronx Communities in Climate Resiliency Planning

  • Release Date: July 25, 2024

• EPA to Award a Half Million Dollars to South Bronx Organization to Combat Impacts of Climate Change

  EPA News Release: EPA to Award a Half Million Dollars to South Bronx Organization to Combat Impacts of Climate Change

  • Release Date: June 21, 2024

• EPA Announces $111 Million in Funding for New York State to Upgrade School Bus Fleet and Revitalize Communities

  City of Buffalo among nearly 60 New York State communities to benefit under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $111 Million in Funding for New York State to Upgrade School Bus Fleet and Revitalize Communities

  • Release Date: May 31, 2024

• EPA and New York State Break Ground on Project to Ensure Clean Drinking Water for Hicksville, N.Y. Households

  EPA News Release: EPA and New York State Break Ground on Project to Ensure Clean Drinking Water for Hicksville, N.Y. Households

  • Release Date: May 13, 2024

• EPA Announces a $425,000 Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem Solving Grant to Children’s Environmental Literacy Foundation

  Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing the Children’s Environmental Literacy Foundation (CELF) is receiving $425,616.

  • Release Date: April 25, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Two Texas Groups will Receive Over $405 Million 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 Texas Solar For All Coalition will receive $249.7 million and the Clean Energy Fund of Texas will receive $156.120 million.

  • Release Date: April 23, 2024

• VIEO to Receive Over $62 Million from EPA to Provide Solar Power, Lower Energy Costs and Advance Environmental Justice Across the U.S. Virgin Islands

  EPA announces selectees for 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: VIEO to Receive Over $62 Million from EPA to Provide Solar Power, Lower Energy Costs and Advance Environmental Justice Across the U.S. Virgin Islands

  • Release Date: April 22, 2024

• NYSERDA to Receive Nearly $250 Million from EPA to Provide Solar Power, Lower Energy Costs and Advance Environmental Justice Across New York

  EPA announces selectees for 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: NYSERDA to Receive Nearly $250 Million from EPA to Provide Solar Power, Lower Energy Costs and Advance Environmental Justice Across New York

  • Release Date: April 22, 2024

• EPA and DEC Launch Statewide Environmental Justice Listening Tour

  Meetings Advance Community Conversations and Engagement around Federal and New York State Environmental Justice Programs First Listening Session Scheduled for April 15 in Niagara Falls

  EPA News Release: EPA and DEC Launch Statewide Environmental Justice Listening Tour

  • Release Date: April 5, 2024

• EPA Invests $1 Million in New York State Communities Through UAlbany-Led Community Air Monitoring Projects

  EPA News Release: EPA Invests $1 Million in New York State Communities Through UAlbany-Led Community Air Monitoring Projects

  • Release Date: February 26, 2024

• The City of Austin to Receive $1 Million from EPA’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grants

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded the City of Austin $1 million from the agency’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program to develop climate action plans with new and innovative strategies that benefit local communities.

  • Release Date: February 12, 2024