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• Biden-Harris Administration Announces More Than $128 Million in Clean Ports Investment in Delaware 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 More Than $128 Million in Clean Ports Investment in Delaware as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: October 29, 2024

• EPA Issues Order to Menard Inc. of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, to Stop the Sale of Unregistered Pesticide Products

  EPA News Release: EPA Issues Order to Menard Inc. of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, to Stop the Sale of Unregistered Pesticide Products

  • Release Date: August 15, 2024

• EPA Announces More Than $2M to West Virginia University to Support U.S. Manufacturing

  Grants from President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act will help businesses produce low-carbon materials

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces More Than $2M to West Virginia University to Support U.S. Manufacturing

  • Release Date: August 1, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $13.9 million to Pennsylvania in Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants

  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 $13.9 million to Pennsylvania in Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants

  • Release Date: July 25, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $20 Million Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grant to District of Columbia Organizations

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $20 Million Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grant to District of Columbia Organizations

  • Release Date: July 25, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Virginia DEQ Selection as Part of Coalitions to Receive Grants for Community-Driven Solutions to Cut Climate Pollution

  Funded by President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda, EPA announces selected applications through competitive Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program to tackle climate change, improve air quality, and advance environmental justice

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Virginia DEQ Selection as Part of Coalitions to Receive Grants for Community-Driven Solutions to Cut Climate Pollution

  • Release Date: July 23, 2024

• Delaware to benefit from $248 million grant for community-driven solutions to cut climate pollution

  Department of Transportation is part of a coalition selected by the EPA to receive portion of a Climate Pollution Reduction Grant to tackle climate change, improve air quality, and advance environmental justice

  EPA News Release: Delaware to benefit from $248 million grant for community-driven solutions to cut climate pollution

  • Release Date: July 22, 2024

• EPA Recommends that People in the Great Lakes Region Prepare Now to Avoid Potential Exposure this Summer to Wildfire Smoke

  EPA News Release: EPA Recommends that People in the Great Lakes Region Prepare Now to Avoid Potential Exposure this Summer to Wildfire Smoke

  • Release Date: June 24, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $29,917,000 for Maryland Lead Pipe Replacement to Advance Safe Drinking Water as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  EPA announces latest round of funding toward President Biden’s commitment to replace every lead pipe in the nation, protecting public health and helping to deliver safe drinking water

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $29,917,000 for Maryland Lead Pipe Replacement to Advance Safe Drinking Water as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: May 2, 2024

• Registration now open for EPA’s 3rd annual Mid-Atlantic Summit, kicks off 30-day countdown

  “Empowering Communities for Environmental Equity” theme provides opportunity for conversation about equitable access to healthy and sustainable communities

  EPA News Release: Registration now open for EPA’s 3rd annual Mid-Atlantic Summit, kicks off 30-day countdown

  • Release Date: April 17, 2024

• EPA Deputy Administrator Visits Minneapolis to Announce $4 Million in Recycling Funding and New Electric School Buses under President Biden’s Investing in America agenda

  EPA News Release: EPA Deputy Administrator Visits Minneapolis to Announce $4 Million in Recycling Funding and New Electric School Buses under President Biden’s Investing in America agenda

  • Release Date: April 9, 2024

• ADVISORY – Under New EPA Climate Grant Program, Shapiro Administration Announces Commitment to Fight Climate Change

  EPA News Release: ADVISORY – Under New EPA Climate Grant Program, Shapiro Administration Announces Commitment to Fight Climate Change

  • Release Date: April 13, 2023

• EPA releases 2021 Toxic Release Inventory data for Mid-Atlantic Region

  Releases remained below Pre-Pandemic levels, including a decrease of nearly 40 percent in production-related waste releases since 2020

  EPA News Release: EPA releases 2021 Toxic Release Inventory data for Mid-Atlantic Region

  • Release Date: March 31, 2023

• EPA Mid-Atlantic Releases Local Lead Action Plan (LLAP) Guide

  EPA News Release: EPA Mid-Atlantic Releases Local Lead Action Plan (LLAP) Guide

  • Release Date: March 28, 2023

• EPA reaches settlement with Color World Painting for alleged violations of federal lead paint renovation rules in Columbus, Ohio area 

  EPA News Release: EPA reaches settlement with Color World Painting for alleged violations of federal lead paint renovation rules in Columbus, Ohio area 

  • Release Date: March 28, 2023