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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

• EPA completes reviews at four Rhode Island Superfund sites

  EPA News Release: EPA completes reviews at four Rhode Island Superfund sites

  • Release Date: December 20, 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

• EPA New England advances three air permits for offshore wind farm projects

  EPA News Release: EPA New England advances three air permits for offshore wind farm projects

  • Release Date: December 19, 2023

• EPA settles with two Rhode Island companies for Clean Air Act violations

  Cranston and North Kingstown, R.I. ammonia refrigeration facilities to pay penalties and evaluate hazards

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with two Rhode Island companies for Clean Air Act violations

  • Release Date: December 18, 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

• EPA ensuring community's right to know through two Rhode Island settlements

  EPA News Release: EPA ensuring community's right to know through two Rhode Island settlements

  • Release Date: November 28, 2023

• EPA New England Offers Career Showcase for Law Students

  Event on Friday November 3 – Opportunity to learn about legal careers at EPA

  EPA News Release: EPA New England Offers Career Showcase for Law Students

  • Release Date: October 26, 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

• "Blue Carbon Reservoirs from Maine to Long Island NY" Report is now available

  EPA News Release: "Blue Carbon Reservoirs from Maine to Long Island NY" Report is now available

  • Release Date: August 8, 2023