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• Biden-Harris Administration Announces National Strategy to Reduce Food Loss and Waste and Recycle Organics

  Joint efforts will reduce waste, increase recycling of organics, reduce climate pollution, save families and businesses money, and support a circular economy for all 

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces National Strategy to Reduce Food Loss and Waste and Recycle Organics

  • Release Date: June 12, 2024

• MEDIA ADVISORY: Durham-area press tour to highlight $15M investment in Superfund cleanups and recycling infrastructure

  EPA News Release: MEDIA ADVISORY: Durham-area press tour to highlight $15M investment in Superfund cleanups and recycling infrastructure

  • Release Date: October 27, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Selects East Carolina University to Receive $563,932 Pollution Prevention Grant to Advance Environmental Justice

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Selects East Carolina University to Receive $563,932 Pollution Prevention Grant to Advance Environmental Justice

  • Release Date: October 12, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces over $2.7 Million Through Investing in America Agenda for Cleanup and Technical Assistance at Polluted Brownfield Sites in North Carolina

  EPA announces the largest investment ever in brownfields communities made by President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces over $2.7 Million Through Investing in America Agenda for Cleanup and Technical Assistance at Polluted Brownfield Sites in North Carolina

  • Release Date: May 25, 2023

• EPA Announces $12.5 Million in funding for Environmental Justice Grants Program in the Gulf of Mexico

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $12.5 Million in funding for Environmental Justice Grants Program in the Gulf of Mexico

  • Release Date: February 28, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $41,876,000 for Clean Water Infrastructure Upgrades Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in North Carolina

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $41,876,000 for Clean Water Infrastructure Upgrades Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in North Carolina

  • Release Date: February 24, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Cleanup Project in North Carolina

  EPA announces start of new cleanup projects at 22 Superfund sites, along with 100 other ongoing cleanups, thanks to President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Cleanup Project in North Carolina

  • Release Date: February 10, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces over $12 million from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program for North Carolina School District

  Historic investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law headed to all 50 states in effort to transform America’s school bus fleet

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces over $12 million from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program for North Carolina School District

  • Release Date: October 27, 2022

• EPA Selects the East Carolina University as a Recipient of a Pollution Prevention Grant Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects the East Carolina University as a Recipient of a Pollution Prevention Grant Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  • Release Date: September 8, 2022

• EPA Selects the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a Recipient of a Pollution Prevention Grant Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a Recipient of a Pollution Prevention Grant Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  • Release Date: September 8, 2022

• Biden-Harris Administration Launches EPA-USDA Partnership to Provide Wastewater Sanitation to Underserved Rural Communities

  Historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding Will Help Address Lack of Basic Wastewater Infrastructure in Halifax and Duplin County, North Carolina

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Launches EPA-USDA Partnership to Provide Wastewater Sanitation to Underserved Rural Communities

  • Release Date: August 2, 2022

• EPA Regional Administrator KC Becker urges eligible school districts in EPA Region 8 states to apply for $500 million in available funding for clean school buses

  President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law creates new EPA program to protect children’s health, reduce pollution, and boost American manufacturing

  EPA News Release: EPA Regional Administrator KC Becker urges eligible school districts in EPA Region 8 states to apply for $500 million in available funding for clean school buses

  • Release Date: May 20, 2022

• EPA awards $2.5 million to the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs for farmworker pesticide training

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $2.5 million to the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs for farmworker pesticide training

  • Release Date: November 18, 2020

• EPA Region 4 Administrator Mary S. Walker Signs Memorandum of Understanding with the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 4 Administrator Mary S. Walker Signs Memorandum of Understanding with the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

  • Release Date: August 25, 2020