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• Biden-Harris Administration Boosts Workforce Training in Underserved and Overburdened Communities, Invests Nearly $7.7 Million in Brownfields Job Training Grants under Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Boosts Workforce Training in Underserved and Overburdened Communities, Invests Nearly $7.7 Million in Brownfields Job Training Grants under Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: December 12, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Makes $965M Available to Fund Clean School Buses that Reduce Pollution, Save Money, and Protect Children’s Health

  Latest funding opportunity under the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda builds on nearly $3 billion already invested into clean school buses nationwide

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Makes $965M Available to Fund Clean School Buses that Reduce Pollution, Save Money, and Protect Children’s Health

  • Release Date: September 26, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $117 Million in Grants Available to Advance Recycling Infrastructure and Prevent Wasted Food

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $117 Million in Grants Available to Advance Recycling Infrastructure and Prevent Wasted Food

  • Release Date: September 16, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $232 Million in Grants to Clean Up Brownfield Sites, Address Legacy Pollution, Advance Environmental Justice, and Spur Economic Revitalization

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $232 Million in Grants to Clean Up Brownfield Sites, Address Legacy Pollution, Advance Environmental Justice, and Spur Economic Revitalization

  • Release Date: September 6, 2024

• EPA Adds a Site in California to the Superfund National Priorities List, Proposes to Add Four Other Sites

  EPA News Release: EPA Adds a Site in California to the Superfund National Priorities List, Proposes to Add Four Other Sites

  • Release Date: September 4, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $3.48 Million for Tribes to Build Environmental Protection Capacity

  EPA is seeking applications to support land restoration and emergency management Tribal programs

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $3.48 Million for Tribes to Build Environmental Protection Capacity

  • Release Date: August 26, 2024

• EPA, Erie Water Works Celebrate Biden-Harris Administration Investment to Remove Lead from Drinking Water

  EPA News Release: EPA, Erie Water Works Celebrate Biden-Harris Administration Investment to Remove Lead from Drinking Water

  • Release Date: July 24, 2024

• EPA Announces the Seventh Annual Federal Facility Excellence in Site Reuse Awards Winners

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces the Seventh Annual Federal Facility Excellence in Site Reuse Awards Winners

  • Release Date: June 5, 2024

• EPA Denies Alabama’s Coal Ash Permit Program Application

  EPA News Release: EPA Denies Alabama’s Coal Ash Permit Program Application

  • Release Date: May 23, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Availability of $14 Million in Brownfields Job Training Grants Under Investing in America Agenda

  EPA seeking applications for Brownfields Job Training Grants that will support local environmental job training programs and environmental workforce in underserved and overburdened communities

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Availability of $14 Million in Brownfields Job Training Grants Under Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: May 21, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces More Than $300 Million in Brownfield Grants Through Investing in America Agenda to Rehabilitate and Revitalize Communities

  Funded by $1.5 billion investment into Brownfields sites from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to address legacy pollution, advance environmental justice and create healthier communities

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces More Than $300 Million in Brownfield Grants Through Investing in America Agenda to Rehabilitate and Revitalize Communities

  • Release Date: May 20, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes First-Ever National Drinking Water Standard to Protect 100M People from PFAS Pollution

  As part of the Administration’s commitment to combating PFAS pollution, EPA announces $1B investment through President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to address PFAS in drinking water

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes First-Ever National Drinking Water Standard to Protect 100M People from PFAS Pollution

  • Release Date: April 10, 2024

• EPA requires industrial facilities to enhance preparation for chemical discharges to water in adverse weather conditions, better protecting the environment and public health

  EPA News Release: EPA requires industrial facilities to enhance preparation for chemical discharges to water in adverse weather conditions, better protecting the environment and public health

  • Release Date: March 21, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces latest action to better protect communities from treatment of waste explosives

  EPA proposal would strengthen rules for open burning and open detonation to treat waste explosives, reducing environmental and public health impacts

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces latest action to better protect communities from treatment of waste explosives

  • Release Date: March 12, 2024

• EPA Adds Sites to the Superfund National Priorities List in Illinois, Iowa, Navajo Nation, Louisiana and Pennsylvania

  EPA News Release: EPA Adds Sites to the Superfund National Priorities List in Illinois, Iowa, Navajo Nation, Louisiana and Pennsylvania

  • Release Date: March 5, 2024