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• 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 Publishes its 2024-2027 Climate Adaptation Plan

  EPA News Release: EPA Publishes its 2024-2027 Climate Adaptation Plan

  • Release Date: June 20, 2024

• EPA Announces Partnership to Increase Access to Healthy Foods and Improve Public Health

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Partnership to Increase Access to Healthy Foods and Improve Public Health

  • Release Date: June 4, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Reports Significant Progress Toward Protecting Children from Lead Poisoning

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Reports Significant Progress Toward Protecting Children from Lead Poisoning

  • Release Date: May 9, 2024

• EPA Announces Appointments to Local Government Advisory Committee

  First time in LGAC history that membership will be majority female

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Appointments to Local Government Advisory Committee

  • Release Date: January 10, 2024

• EPA Requires Norfolk Southern to Sample for Dioxins in East Palestine

  EPA will direct immediate cleanup as appropriate if contaminants from the derailment pose any unacceptable risk to human health

  EPA News Release: EPA Requires Norfolk Southern to Sample for Dioxins in East Palestine

  • Release Date: March 2, 2023

• EPA Opens Community Welcome Center in East Palestine for Residents and Business Owners

  EPA Community Welcome Center to provide community with ‘one-stop shop’ for information about the ongoing response to the train derailment; EPA deploys TAGA mobile lab to conduct real-time air-monitoring during waste removal

  EPA News Release: EPA Opens Community Welcome Center in East Palestine for Residents and Business Owners

  • Release Date: February 28, 2023

• EPA Orders Norfolk Southern to Conduct All Cleanup Actions Associated with the East Palestine Train Derailment

  EPA order comes as state-led emergency response transitions to environmental cleanup phase; EPA will continue to work with local, state, and federal partners to ensure the health and safety of East Palestine community

  EPA News Release: EPA Orders Norfolk Southern to Conduct All Cleanup Actions Associated with the East Palestine Train Derailment

  • Release Date: February 21, 2023

• EPA Launches New National Office Dedicated to Advancing Environmental Justice and Civil Rights

  EPA’s historic Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights will position the agency to better advance environmental justice, enforce civil rights laws in overburdened communities, and deliver new grants and technical assistance

  EPA News Release: EPA Launches New National Office Dedicated to Advancing Environmental Justice and Civil Rights

  • Release Date: September 24, 2022

• La EPA inaugura una nueva oficina nacional dedicada a promover la justicia ambiental y los derechos civiles

  La Oficina Histórica de Justicia Ambiental y Derechos Civiles Externos de la EPA posicionará a la agencia para avanzar mejor en la justicia ambiental, hacer cumplir las leyes de derechos civiles en comunidades sobrecargadas y entregar nuevas subvenciones

  EPA News Release: La EPA inaugura una nueva oficina nacional dedicada a promover la justicia ambiental y los derechos civiles

  • Release Date: September 24, 2022

• LA SEMANA PRÓXIMA: El administrador de la EPA, Michael S. Regan, continúa su gira "Viaje a la Justicia" en Puerto Rico

  La visita destacará los esfuerzos de la Administración Biden para promover la justicia ambiental, entregar agua limpia y limpiar la contaminación

  Comunicado de prensa de la EPA: LA SEMANA PRÓXIMA: El administrador de la EPA, Michael S. Regan, continúa su gira "Viaje a la Justicia" en Puerto Rico

  • Release Date: July 22, 2022

• President Biden, EPA Announce $1 Billion Investment from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Will Significantly Accelerate Cleanup and Restoration of Great Lakes

  EPA Projects Work to Be Completed at 22 of 25 Remaining Great Lakes “Areas of Concern” by 2030

  EPA News Release: President Biden, EPA Announce $1 Billion Investment from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Will Significantly Accelerate Cleanup and Restoration of Great Lakes

  • Release Date: February 17, 2022

• EPA Wraps Up A Year of Significant Accomplishments

  Agency actions address the climate crisis, advance environmental justice, protect the health of communities, and restore the role of science

  EPA News Release: EPA Wraps Up A Year of Significant Accomplishments

  • Release Date: December 28, 2021

• EPA Appoints New Members to National Environmental Justice Advisory Council

  EPA News Release: EPA Appoints New Members to National Environmental Justice Advisory Council

  • Release Date: October 27, 2021

• EPA Announces Appointment of Rod Snyder as EPA Agriculture Advisor

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Appointment of Rod Snyder as EPA Agriculture Advisor

  • Release Date: October 7, 2021