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• EPA Announces More Than $5 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across Southern Lake Michigan Communities in Illinois and Indiana

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces More Than $5 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across Southern Lake Michigan Communities in Illinois and Indiana

  • Release Date: June 7, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Selects the Minneapolis Foundation to Receive $50 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects in the Midwest as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  The Minneapolis Foundation has been selected to reduce barriers to federal funds and issue hundreds of environmental justice grants over the next three years

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Selects the Minneapolis Foundation to Receive $50 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects in the Midwest as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: December 20, 2023

• EPA Seeks Participants for Environmental Justice Academy in East St. Louis, Illinois

  EPA News Release: EPA Seeks Participants for Environmental Justice Academy in East St. Louis, Illinois

  • Release Date: September 19, 2023

• EPA to Host Environmental Justice Caucus in Detroit on August 7

  Caucus will kick off the National Brownfields Training Conference, August 8-11

  EPA News Release: EPA to Host Environmental Justice Caucus in Detroit on August 7

  • Release Date: July 18, 2023

• EPA to Hold Public Engagement Session in Superior, Wisconsin, on Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Action Plan

  The public session will take place on July 12 at 6 p.m.

  EPA News Release: EPA to Hold Public Engagement Session in Superior, Wisconsin, on Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Action Plan

  • Release Date: June 28, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Selects University of Minnesota to Serve as New Technical Assistance Center to Help Communities Across Region 5 Access Historic Investments and Advance Environmental Justice

  EPA’s Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Centers include a network of over 160 partners to provide resources to unlock access to President Biden’s historic investments in America

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Selects University of Minnesota to Serve as New Technical Assistance Center to Help Communities Across Region 5 Access Historic Investments and Advance Environmental Justice

  • Release Date: April 14, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Selects Blacks in Green to Serve as New Technical Assistance Center to Help Communities Across Region 5 Access Historic Investments and Advance Environmental Justice

  EPA’s Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Centers include a network of over 160 partners to provide resources to unlock access to President Biden’s historic investments in America

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Selects Blacks in Green to Serve as New Technical Assistance Center to Help Communities Across Region 5 Access Historic Investments and Advance Environmental Justice

  • Release Date: April 13, 2023

• EPA Region 5 Announces Virtual Listening Session on PFAS Strategic Roadmap

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 5 Announces Virtual Listening Session on PFAS Strategic Roadmap

  • Release Date: March 30, 2023

• United States Files Complaint Against EES Coke in River Rouge, Michigan, for Clean Air Act Violations

  EPA News Release: United States Files Complaint Against EES Coke in River Rouge, Michigan, for Clean Air Act Violations

  • Release Date: June 1, 2022

• Biden Administration Announces $7.5 Million to Tackle Polluted Brownfield Sites in Wisconsin

  EPA announces Wisconsin communities to receive Brownfields Cleanup, Assessment and Revolving Loan Fund Grants to help build a better America while advancing environmental justice

  EPA News Release: Biden Administration Announces $7.5 Million to Tackle Polluted Brownfield Sites in Wisconsin

  • Release Date: May 12, 2022

• EPA Awards $75,000 Environmental Justice Grant to Keweenaw Bay Indian Community to Assess Pollution

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $75,000 Environmental Justice Grant to Keweenaw Bay Indian Community to Assess Pollution

  • Release Date: April 19, 2022

• EPA Deputy Administrator Announces $75,000 Environmental Justice Grant to Groundwork Ohio River Valley for Air Quality Monitoring in Cincinnati

  Funding will help improve public health in high-risk Cincinnati neighborhoods

  EPA News Release: EPA Deputy Administrator Announces $75,000 Environmental Justice Grant to Groundwork Ohio River Valley for Air Quality Monitoring in Cincinnati

  • Release Date: March 29, 2022

• EPA Announces Public Listening Sessions on the Draft Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Public Listening Sessions on the Draft Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities

  • Release Date: January 27, 2022

• EPA awards more than $230,000 for recycling and food waste prevention projects in Illinois, Michigan, and Ohio

  EPA News Release: EPA awards more than $230,000 for recycling and food waste prevention projects in Illinois, Michigan, and Ohio

  • Release Date: November 10, 2021

• Keeping Trash Out of the Great Lakes: EPA Awards over $725,000 to Address Trash in Lakes Erie and Michigan

  City of Erie, Pennsylvania, and University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh to implement trash collection projects to reduce trash in Lake Erie and Lake Michigan

  EPA News Release: Keeping Trash Out of the Great Lakes: EPA Awards over $725,000 to Address Trash in Lakes Erie and Michigan

  • Release Date: September 23, 2021