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• EPA New England Provides Tips for a Healthier Heating Season

  EPA News Release: EPA New England Provides Tips for a Healthier Heating Season

  • Release Date: December 21, 2023

• 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

• $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

• Biden-Harris Administration announces nearly $3.5 million for environmental justice projects in communities across Rhode Island as part of Investing in America agenda

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

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces nearly $3.5 million for environmental justice projects in communities across Rhode Island as part of Investing in America agenda

  • Release Date: October 25, 2023

• EPA awards $4.6 million for coastal communities in Rhode Island

  Increased funding from President Biden's Investing in America Agenda will support water infrastructure and climate resiliency projects

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $4.6 million for coastal communities in Rhode Island

  • Release Date: October 6, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Invests More Than $3.9 million in Rhode Island 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 $3.9 million in Rhode Island Recycling Infrastructure Projects Through Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: September 25, 2023

• EPA New England Awards Over $1.28M to New England Tribes for Comprehensive, Economy-wide Climate Mitigation Planning

  Nine New England Tribes will benefit from more than $1.28 million made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act

  EPA News Release: EPA New England Awards Over $1.28M to New England Tribes for Comprehensive, Economy-wide Climate Mitigation Planning

  • Release Date: September 8, 2023

• EPA New England Awards $4M to State of Rhode Island and the Providence Metropolitan Area for Comprehensive, Economy-wide Climate Mitigation Planning

  Rhode Island will receive $3 million and the Providence metropolitan area will receive $1 million made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act

  EPA News Release: EPA New England Awards $4M to State of Rhode Island and the Providence Metropolitan Area for Comprehensive, Economy-wide Climate Mitigation Planning

  • Release Date: August 30, 2023

• EPA to award Rhode Island $228,000 to support water quality monitoring at beaches

  Funding is part of nationwide program to protect public health 

  EPA News Release: EPA to award Rhode Island $228,000 to support water quality monitoring at beaches

  • Release Date: August 11, 2023

• $10 million grant opportunity to advance environmental justice in New England

  EPA seeks applicants to provide environmental justice technical assistance for organizations and communities in Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island

  EPA News Release: $10 million grant opportunity to advance environmental justice in New England

  • Release Date: July 31, 2023

• EPA and Lawmakers Celebrate $500K Cleanup Grant for Polluted Brownfields Site in Rhode Island

  Grant is part of historic largest national investment ever in brownfields communities made by President Biden's Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: EPA and Lawmakers Celebrate $500K Cleanup Grant for Polluted Brownfields Site in Rhode Island

  • Release Date: July 24, 2023

• $10 Million Grant Opportunity to Enhance Environmental Justice in New England Communities

  Grant opportunity for providing technical assistance for organizations and communities in the states of CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT, and 10 Tribes

  EPA News Release: $10 Million Grant Opportunity to Enhance Environmental Justice in New England Communities

  • Release Date: July 3, 2023

• EPA New England Celebrates Earth Week by Making Community Grants Available to Protect Public Health and the Environment

  Informational webinars scheduled April 25, 27 and May 11

  EPA News Release: EPA New England Celebrates Earth Week by Making Community Grants Available to Protect Public Health and the Environment

  • Release Date: April 21, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $57+ Million Investment for Clean Water Infrastructure Upgrades in New England States

  Funding for critical water infrastructure projects in Conn., Maine, Mass., N.H., R.I., and Vermont

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $57+ Million Investment for Clean Water Infrastructure Upgrades in New England States

  • Release Date: March 31, 2023

• EPA Announces New England Virtual Listening Session on PFAS Strategic Roadmap

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces New England Virtual Listening Session on PFAS Strategic Roadmap

  • Release Date: March 28, 2023