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• Biden-Harris Administration announces grant over $6.6 million to Narragansett Indian Tribe to cut climate pollution and accelerate clean energy transition

  Funded by President Biden's Investing in America Agenda, EPA announces 34 selected Tribal and territory applications through the competitive Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces grant over $6.6 million to Narragansett Indian Tribe to cut climate pollution and accelerate clean energy transition

  • Release Date: September 5, 2024

• Rhode Island: EPA announces $336,000 in grants to protect children from lead in drinking water at schools and childcare facilities

  Biden-Harris Administration announced a total of $26 million across the United States to protect children from lead in drinking water where they learn and play

  EPA News Release: Rhode Island: EPA announces $336,000 in grants to protect children from lead in drinking water at schools and childcare facilities

  • Release Date: August 27, 2024

• EPA celebrates $210,000 in support of water quality monitoring at beaches in Rhode Island

  EPA News Release: EPA celebrates $210,000 in support of water quality monitoring at beaches in Rhode Island

  • Release Date: August 14, 2024

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

  Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources 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: Rhode Island to benefit from a $450 million grant for community-driven solutions to cut climate pollution across New England

  • Release Date: July 22, 2024

• EPA New England Makes Healthy Communities Grants Available to Protect Public Health and the Environment in New England

  EPA News Release: EPA New England Makes Healthy Communities Grants Available to Protect Public Health and the Environment in New England

  • Release Date: July 12, 2024

• EPA hands down penalties to Rhode Island corporation for FIFRA violations

  North Kingstown, R.I.-based business will settle alleged violations for misbranded pesticide devices

  EPA News Release: EPA hands down penalties to Rhode Island corporation for FIFRA violations

  • Release Date: July 9, 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

• EPA announces New England's winners of Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educator and the President's Environmental Youth Award

  EPA News Release: EPA announces New England's winners of Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educator and the President's Environmental Youth Award

  • Release Date: June 20, 2024

• EPA to award $210,000 in grants to support Rhode Island water quality monitoring and protect the health of beachgoers

  EPA News Release: EPA to award $210,000 in grants to support Rhode Island water quality monitoring and protect the health of beachgoers

  • Release Date: June 13, 2024

• EPA to host virtual environmental justice webinar for New England communities

  EPA News Release: EPA to host virtual environmental justice webinar for New England communities

  • Release Date: May 6, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources to receive over $49 million to deliver residential solar, lowering energy costs and advancing environmental justice across Rhode Island

  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 Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources to receive over $49 million to deliver residential solar, lowering energy costs and advancing environmental justice across Rhode Island

  • Release Date: April 22, 2024

• EPA Awards $1.275M to Advance Resilience in Disadvantaged Communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $1.275M to Advance Resilience in Disadvantaged Communities

  • Release Date: April 8, 2024

• EPA Analysis shows 2022 decrease of toxic chemical releases in Rhode Island

  Toxic chemical releases have declined 21% nationally in 10 years according to new Toxics Release Inventory data

  EPA News Release: EPA Analysis shows 2022 decrease of toxic chemical releases in Rhode Island

  • Release Date: March 26, 2024

• EPA's Southeast New England Program announces additional $1.25M request for proposals to advance resilience in disadvantaged communities

  EPA News Release: EPA's Southeast New England Program announces additional $1.25M request for proposals to advance resilience in disadvantaged communities

  • Release Date: March 4, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces over $47 million for Rhode Island drinking water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure upgrades as part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda

  Unprecedented funding from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is transforming communities across the state

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces over $47 million for Rhode Island drinking water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure upgrades as part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda

  • Release Date: February 20, 2024