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• EPA Announces New Initiatives to Strengthen HBCU Engagement and Environmental Partnerships

  Latest actions build on EPA Administrator Regan’s commitment to deliver real results for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and surrounding communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces New Initiatives to Strengthen HBCU Engagement and Environmental Partnerships

  • Release Date: July 31, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $100 Million in Seven California Environmental Justice Community Change Grants

  EPA announces initial selections for the $2 billion national Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grant program, the largest single environmental justice investment in history, delivered by the Biden-Harris Investing in America agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $100 Million in Seven California Environmental Justice Community Change Grants

  • Release Date: July 25, 2024

• EPA Seeks Nominations for the Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee

  EPA News Release: EPA Seeks Nominations for the Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee

  • Release Date: July 24, 2024

• EPA Region 7 Joins City of Lincoln Lead Water Service Line Replacement Kickoff Event in Nebraska

  Program is funded through EPA’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law allocations to the Nebraska Drinking Water State Revolving Fund

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Joins City of Lincoln Lead Water Service Line Replacement Kickoff Event in Nebraska

  • Release Date: July 23, 2024

• EPA and Partners Celebrate $1M Through Investing in America Agenda for Northern New Mexico Brownfields Programs

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and New Mexico elected officials celebrated $1 million in Brownfields grants to Santa Fe Community College (SFCC) and the City of Raton from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda.

  • Release Date: July 23, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Selects Pennsylvania DEP to Receive $396M for Community-Driven Solutions to Cut Climate Pollution

  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 Selects Pennsylvania DEP to Receive $396M for Community-Driven Solutions to Cut Climate Pollution

  • Release Date: July 22, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $500 Million for Effort to Cut Transportation- and Goods Movement-Related Climate Pollution in Southern California

  Funded by Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America Agenda, EPA announces Southern California project to decarbonize transportation and goods movement for Climate Pollution Reduction Grant

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $500 Million for Effort to Cut Transportation- and Goods Movement-Related Climate Pollution in Southern California

  • Release Date: July 22, 2024

• U.S.-Mexico Border 2025 Environmental Program Releases Binational Highlights Report

  EPA News Release: U.S.-Mexico Border 2025 Environmental Program Releases Binational Highlights Report

  • Release Date: July 18, 2024

• EPA Region 6 Announces Oklahoma Teacher as Winner of the Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 is pleased to announce the Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators (PIAEE) winner is Shannon Chatwin from Owasso High School located in Owasso, Oklahoma.

  • Release Date: July 16, 2024

• EPA Announces Texas Student Wins President’s Environmental Youth Award

  The Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 is pleased to announce the 2024 winner of the President’s Environmental Youth Award, Daniel Thomas of Colleyville, Texas.

  • Release Date: July 16, 2024

• U.S. EPA Signs New Bargaining Agreement with AFGE

  Deal includes historic firsts for the agency and its largest union

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Signs New Bargaining Agreement with AFGE

  • Release Date: July 9, 2024

• EPA Selects Nevada’s Desert Research Institute for Funding to Support Environmental Education

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects Nevada’s Desert Research Institute for Funding to Support Environmental Education

  • Release Date: July 8, 2024

• EPA Awards Funding to Two Educational Organizations for Environmental Projects in Pacific Islands

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Funding to Two Educational Organizations for Environmental Projects in Pacific Islands

  • Release Date: July 8, 2024

• EPA Selects Educational Organizations to Receive Over $3.6 million to Support Environmental Projects Nationwide

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects Educational Organizations to Receive Over $3.6 million to Support Environmental Projects Nationwide

  • Release Date: July 8, 2024

• EPA Announces a $425,000 Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem Solving Grant to Children’s Environmental Literacy Foundation

  Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing the Children’s Environmental Literacy Foundation (CELF) is receiving $425,616.

  • Release Date: April 25, 2024