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• Biden-Harris Administration Protects Communities from Lead in Drinking Water, Announces $68,611,000 in Funding to North Carolina to Provide Clean Water to Schools and Homes

  EPA announces new final regulations and new funding under the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda for clean drinking water

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Protects Communities from Lead in Drinking Water, Announces $68,611,000 in Funding to North Carolina to Provide Clean Water to Schools and Homes

  • Release Date: October 9, 2024

• North Carolina and three other Atlantic states to benefit from $421,238,074 Biden-Harris Administration investment for community-driven solutions to cut climate pollution

  Funded by President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda, EPA announces selected applications through competitive Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program to tackle climate change, improve air quality, and advance environmental justice

  EPA News Release: North Carolina and three other Atlantic states to benefit from $421,238,074 Biden-Harris Administration investment for community-driven solutions to cut climate pollution

  • Release Date: July 23, 2024

• EPA announces new funding for North Carolina to protect children from lead in drinking water

  EPA News Release: EPA announces new funding for North Carolina to protect children from lead in drinking water

  • Release Date: June 18, 2024

• TOMORROW: Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff and EPA Region Four Acting Administrator Jeaneanne Gettle in Durham to Highlight New Funding and Actions to Protect Children from Lead in Drinking Water

  Acting EPA Region Four Administrator Jeaneanne Gettle will represent EPA in Durham for a press conference, lead pipe inventory site tour and announcement of new grant funding to protect children from lead in drinking water

  EPA News Release: TOMORROW: Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff and EPA Region Four Acting Administrator Jeaneanne Gettle in Durham to Highlight New Funding and Actions to Protect Children from Lead in Drinking Water

  • Release Date: June 17, 2024

• EPA Awards $500,000 to Palmetto Futures to Support Promoting Readiness and Enhancing Proficiency to Advance Reporting and Data Program

  EPA also seeks applications for second round funding opportunity for up to $2 million total over three years

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $500,000 to Palmetto Futures to Support Promoting Readiness and Enhancing Proficiency to Advance Reporting and Data Program

  • Release Date: June 17, 2024

• TOMORROW: EPA Administrator Regan to Join Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff in Durham, North Carolina to Highlight New Funding and Actions to Protect Children from Lead in Drinking Water

  Administrator and Second Gentleman joined by Rep. Valerie Foushee and other leaders to tour a lead pipe inventory site and announce new grant funding to protect children from lead in drinking water

  EPA News Release: TOMORROW: EPA Administrator Regan to Join Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff in Durham, North Carolina to Highlight New Funding and Actions to Protect Children from Lead in Drinking Water

  • Release Date: June 17, 2024

• EPA and White House Senior Advisor Visit Charlotte, North Carolina to Highlight Latest Historic Funding for Clean School Buses

  EPA Deputy Regional Administrator Cesar Zapata joined White House Director of Intergovernmental Affairs Tom Perez to announce Clean School Bus Grant to Charlotte-Mecklenburg County School District

  EPA News Release: EPA and White House Senior Advisor Visit Charlotte, North Carolina to Highlight Latest Historic Funding for Clean School Buses

  • Release Date: June 6, 2024

• TOMORROW: White House Senior Advisor to Visit Charlotte, North Carolina to Announce Latest Historic Funding for Clean School Buses

  White House Director of Intergovernmental Affairs Tom Perez will join EPA Deputy Regional Administrator Cesar Zapata to announce Clean School Bus Grant to Charlotte-Mecklenburg County School District

  EPA News Release: TOMORROW: White House Senior Advisor to Visit Charlotte, North Carolina to Announce Latest Historic Funding for Clean School Buses

  • Release Date: June 5, 2024

• EPA Region 4 Solicits Applications for the 2024 Pollution Prevention Recognition Program

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 4 Solicits Applications for the 2024 Pollution Prevention Recognition Program

  • Release Date: April 17, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration expands EPA program to bring wastewater sanitation services to 150 more underserved communities across Rural America

  North Carolina communities include Duplin and Halifax Counties

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration expands EPA program to bring wastewater sanitation services to 150 more underserved communities across Rural America

  • Release Date: February 15, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces nearly $26,695,692 in awards for Clean School Buses across North Carolina as part of Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces nearly $26,695,692 in awards for Clean School Buses across North Carolina as part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: January 9, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Selects Research Triangle Institute to Receive $100 million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across the Region 4 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 Research Triangle Institute to Receive $100 million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across the Region 4 as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: December 20, 2023

• EPA holds Roundtable to mark opening of RTI International’s $10M Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Center at North Carolina Central University

  EPA News Release: EPA holds Roundtable to mark opening of RTI International’s $10M Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Center at North Carolina Central University

  • Release Date: November 7, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration announces $1.5 million for Environmental Justice Projects in communities across North Carolina as Part of Investing in America agenda

  Selections announced as part of largest investments through EPA’s Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem Solving Cooperative Agreement and Environmental Justice Government-to-Government grant programs funded by Inflation Reduction Act

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces $1.5 million for Environmental Justice Projects in communities across North Carolina as Part of Investing in America agenda

  • Release Date: October 25, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration invests more than $3,925,641 in North Carolina Recycling Infrastructure Projects through Investing in America Agenda

  EPA grants funded in part by largest recycling investment in 30 years under President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration invests more than $3,925,641 in North Carolina Recycling Infrastructure Projects through Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: September 13, 2023