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• Biden-Harris Administration Selects Fordham University to Receive $50 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across EPA Region 2 as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  As an environmental justice Grantmaker, Fordham University will help reduce barriers to federal funds and issue thousands of environmental justice grants over the next three years

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Selects Fordham University to Receive $50 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across EPA Region 2 as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: December 20, 2023

• EPA Awards Austin’s Molecular Rebar Design With Small Businesses Innovation Research Funding

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Molecular Rebar Design in Austin, Texas, is among 23 small businesses that received part of $2,298,867 in research funding to develop technologies.

  • Release Date: December 19, 2023

• EPA Releases Annual Report Showing Steady Progress to Protect Communities from PFAS Pollution

  Report highlights key EPA accomplishments to safeguard public health and the environment from dangerous ‘forever chemicals’

  EPA News Release: EPA Releases Annual Report Showing Steady Progress to Protect Communities from PFAS Pollution

  • Release Date: December 14, 2023

• EPA recognizes U.S. Finishing/ Cone Mills Superfund Site for Excellence in Site Reuse Award

  EPA News Release: EPA recognizes U.S. Finishing/ Cone Mills Superfund Site for Excellence in Site Reuse Award

  • Release Date: December 7, 2023

• EPA Selects Camden, NJ and New York City Projects to Receive Recycling Education and Outreach Grants as Part of America Recycles Day

  On America Recycles Day and Anniversary of President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, EPA announces grants funded in part by the largest recycling investment in 30 years

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects Camden, NJ and New York City Projects to Receive Recycling Education and Outreach Grants as Part of America Recycles Day

  • Release Date: November 16, 2023

• EPA Administrator Regan Announces Members of First-Ever National Environmental Youth Advisory Council

  New members include youth from Missouri and Iowa, charged with advising EPA on impacts of climate change and environmental harm

  EPA News Release: EPA Administrator Regan Announces Members of First-Ever National Environmental Youth Advisory Council

  • Release Date: November 16, 2023

• EPA Selects Two New York Indian Nations to Receive Solid Waste Grants as part of America Recycles Day

  On America Recycles Day and Anniversary of President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, EPA announces grants funded in part by the largest recycling investment in 30 years

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects Two New York Indian Nations to Receive Solid Waste Grants as part of America Recycles Day

  • Release Date: November 16, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration to Invest $30 Million to Protect Tucson Residents from PFAS

  President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda is delivering historic resources to upgrade drinking water infrastructure and better protect public health

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration to Invest $30 Million to Protect Tucson Residents from PFAS

  • Release Date: November 16, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces More than $5.4 million in EPA Region 4 for Tribal Recycling Infrastructure Projects and Recycling Education and Outreach Grants as Part of America Recycles Day

  On America Recycles Day, EPA announces grants under President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, funded in part by the largest recycling investment in 30 years

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces More than $5.4 million in EPA Region 4 for Tribal Recycling Infrastructure Projects and Recycling Education and Outreach Grants as Part of America Recycles Day

  • Release Date: November 15, 2023

• EPA Awards Nearly $3.2M to Small Businesses to Research Complex Environmental Issues and Help Grow the Green Economy

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Nearly $3.2M to Small Businesses to Research Complex Environmental Issues and Help Grow the Green Economy

  • Release Date: November 8, 2023

• MONDAY: Roundtable to mark opening of RTI International’s $10M Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Center at North Carolina Central University

  EPA News Release: MONDAY: Roundtable to mark opening of RTI International’s $10M Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Center at North Carolina Central University

  • Release Date: November 2, 2023

• EPA Announces Nearly $4 million to the City of New Orleans to expand recycling infrastructure

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $3,982,000 in funding to the City of New Orleans to improve material management and to improve existing recycling programs in the city.

  • Release Date: October 30, 2023

• EPA Finalizes Rule to Require Enhanced PFAS Reporting to the Toxics Release Inventory

  EPA News Release: EPA Finalizes Rule to Require Enhanced PFAS Reporting to the Toxics Release Inventory

  • Release Date: October 20, 2023

• EPA Awards $1.8M in Research Grants to the University of Oklahoma for Children’s Health

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced in $1,898,738 grant funding to the University of Oklahoma to establish research centers to address children’s cumulative health impacts from agricultural and non-chemical exposures.

  • Release Date: October 16, 2023

• Formerly Contaminated Middlesex Sampling Plant Site Recognized Nationally as Outstanding Example of Site Reuse

  EPA News Release: Formerly Contaminated Middlesex Sampling Plant Site Recognized Nationally as Outstanding Example of Site Reuse

  • Release Date: October 11, 2023