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• EPA Announces $40 Million Now Available to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across the Mid-Atlantic

  First round of applications due November 30, 2024

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $40 Million Now Available to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across the Mid-Atlantic

  • Release Date: October 11, 2024

• EPA leads roundtable at Norfolk State University to tackle environmental justice

  EPA News Release: EPA leads roundtable at Norfolk State University to tackle environmental justice

  • Release Date: October 2, 2024

• Rooted in Justice: EPA and Richmond teams partner for greener Southside

  EPA News Release: Rooted in Justice: EPA and Richmond teams partner for greener Southside

  • Release Date: September 20, 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

• 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 Regional Administrator visits University of Pittsburgh to discuss research, collaboration

  EPA News Release: EPA Regional Administrator visits University of Pittsburgh to discuss research, collaboration

  • Release Date: April 2, 2024

• EPA, Congresswoman Summer Lee Kick Off Earth Month with Pittsburgh ‘EcoStewards’

  EPA News Release: EPA, Congresswoman Summer Lee Kick Off Earth Month with Pittsburgh ‘EcoStewards’

  • Release Date: April 2, 2024

• EPA Regional Administrator visits UVA to discuss environmental issues, research

  EPA News Release: EPA Regional Administrator visits UVA to discuss environmental issues, research

  • Release Date: March 19, 2024

• EPA to Host Turner Station Community Meeting to Share Information on Efforts to Improve Sparrows Point and Bear Creek

  February 6 Meeting in Dundalk will highlight Bear Creek cleanup plan and EPA community efforts.

  EPA News Release: EPA to Host Turner Station Community Meeting to Share Information on Efforts to Improve Sparrows Point and Bear Creek

  • Release Date: February 2, 2024

• EPA Regional Administrator visits VSU to bolster partnership and educational opportunities

  EPA News Release: EPA Regional Administrator visits VSU to bolster partnership and educational opportunities

  • Release Date: January 25, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $2.25 Million for Environmental Justice Projects in Communities Across Virginia As Part of Investing in America Agenda

  Selections announced as part of largest investments through EPA’s Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem Solving Cooperative Agreement and Environmental Justice Government-to-Government grant programs funded by Inflation Reduction Act

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $2.25 Million for Environmental Justice Projects in Communities Across Virginia As Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: October 24, 2023