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• EPA Celebrates Pacific Islands Zero Waste and Resilience Accomplishments

  Guam, the CNMI and American Samoa Made Significant Progress

  EPA News Release: EPA Celebrates Pacific Islands Zero Waste and Resilience Accomplishments

  • Release Date: December 16, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $2.4 Million of Clean Ports Investments in Guam as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  EPA’s Clean Ports Program to fund 55 zero-emission port equipment, infrastructure, and planning projects across the nation to tackle climate change, reduce air pollution, promote good jobs, and advance environmental justice

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $2.4 Million of Clean Ports Investments in Guam as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: October 29, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $63 Million to Deliver Residential Solar, Lowering Energy Costs and Advancing Environmental Justice Across Guam

  EPA announces selectees under the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grant competition to deliver solar to low-income and disadvantaged communities through the President’s Investing in America agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $63 Million to Deliver Residential Solar, Lowering Energy Costs and Advancing Environmental Justice Across Guam

  • Release Date: April 22, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Selects California-Based Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs, Inc. to Receive $50 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects

  As part of the 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 California-Based Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs, Inc. to Receive $50 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects

  • Release Date: December 20, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Invests Over $1.9 Million in the Pacific Islands for Recycling Infrastructure 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 Over $1.9 Million in the Pacific Islands for Recycling Infrastructure Through Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: September 13, 2023

• University of Arizona, San Diego State Unveiled as Centers to Help Communities Access Historic Environmental Justice Investments

  Biden-Harris Administration Announces $177 Million for 17 EPA Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Centers Nationwide

  EPA News Release: University of Arizona, San Diego State Unveiled as Centers to Help Communities Access Historic Environmental Justice Investments

  • Release Date: April 13, 2023

• In the Pacific Southwest, Toxic Chemical Releases Decreased Slightly in 2021 According to EPA Data

  EPA News Release: In the Pacific Southwest, Toxic Chemical Releases Decreased Slightly in 2021 According to EPA Data

  • Release Date: March 17, 2023

• EPA Publishes Resiliency and Natural Disaster Debris Report

  Report highlights actions needed to protect vulnerable communities and reduce disaster debris disposal, including in the Pacific Islands

  EPA News Release: EPA Publishes Resiliency and Natural Disaster Debris Report

  • Release Date: March 10, 2022

• EPA Releases Bold National Strategy to Transform Recycling in America; CNMI stands at the forefront

  EPA celebrates CNMI’s work to integrate recycling into Typhoon Yutu recovery

  EPA News Release: EPA Releases Bold National Strategy to Transform Recycling in America; CNMI stands at the forefront

  • Release Date: November 23, 2021