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• City of Chattanooga and Trust for Public Land selected for prestigious $20 million EPA Community Change Grant to extend Alton Park Connector

  EPA News Release: City of Chattanooga and Trust for Public Land selected for prestigious $20 million EPA Community Change Grant to extend Alton Park Connector

  • Release Date: September 11, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $34,403,346 in Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants in Alabama and Tennessee

  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

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $34,403,346 in Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants in Alabama and Tennessee

  • Release Date: July 29, 2024

• EPA selects Ivy Academy to receive $100,000 to support environmental education across Tennessee

  EPA News Release: EPA selects Ivy Academy to receive $100,000 to support environmental education across Tennessee

  • Release Date: July 9, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces National Strategy to Reduce Food Loss and Waste and Recycle Organics

  Joint efforts will reduce waste, increase recycling of organics, reduce climate pollution, save families and businesses money, and support a circular economy for all 

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces National Strategy to Reduce Food Loss and Waste and Recycle Organics

  • Release Date: June 12, 2024

• EPA partners with Tennessee Town Spring City to improve access to new community gardens and farmers market

  EPA News Release: EPA partners with Tennessee Town Spring City to improve access to new community gardens and farmers market

  • Release Date: June 5, 2024

• EPA penalizes Murfreesboro-based seller of automobile ‘defeat devices’

  EPA News Release: EPA penalizes Murfreesboro-based seller of automobile ‘defeat devices’

  • Release Date: June 4, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $12,005,000 in Rebates for Clean School Buses Across Tennessee as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $12,005,000 in Rebates for Clean School Buses Across Tennessee as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: May 29, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Tennessee to Receive $156,120,000 to Deliver Residential Solar, Lowering Energy Costs and Advancing Environmental Justice Across Tennessee

  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 Tennessee to Receive $156,120,000 to Deliver Residential Solar, Lowering Energy Costs and Advancing Environmental Justice Across Tennessee

  • Release Date: April 22, 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 Announces $10 Million WIFIA Loan to City of Memphis

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $10 Million WIFIA Loan to City of Memphis

  • Release Date: April 3, 2024

• EPA awards $75,000 to the University of Tennessee student team for innovative solutions to environmental public health challenges

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $75,000 to the University of Tennessee student team for innovative solutions to environmental public health challenges

  • Release Date: March 14, 2024

• EPA to test for soil contamination near U.S. Fireworks site in Memphis, Tennessee and host Open House for residents

  EPA News Release: EPA to test for soil contamination near U.S. Fireworks site in Memphis, Tennessee and host Open House for residents

  • Release Date: March 13, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces over $124 million for Tennessee 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 $124 million for Tennessee drinking water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure upgrades as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda

  • Release Date: February 23, 2024

• Southside Chattanooga Lead Site press event showcases cleanup progress through Bipartisan Infrastructure Law investment

  EPA News Release: Southside Chattanooga Lead Site press event showcases cleanup progress through Bipartisan Infrastructure Law investment

  • Release Date: January 22, 2024

• MEDIA ADVISORY: EPA to highlight over $56 million in BIL funding for Southside Chattanooga Lead Site cleanup at press event

  EPA News Release: MEDIA ADVISORY: EPA to highlight over $56 million in BIL funding for Southside Chattanooga Lead Site cleanup at press event

  • Release Date: January 19, 2024