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• City of Chattanooga and Trust for Public Land selected for prestigious $20 million EPA Community Change Grant to extend Alton Park Connector

  EPA News Release: City of Chattanooga and Trust for Public Land selected for prestigious $20 million EPA Community Change Grant to extend Alton Park Connector

  • Release Date: September 11, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $34,403,346 in Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants in Alabama and Tennessee

  EPA announces initial selections from $2 billion Inflation Reduction Act program - the largest single environmental justice investment in history – delivered by President Biden’s Investing in America agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $34,403,346 in Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants in Alabama and Tennessee

  • Release Date: July 29, 2024

• EPA highlights IRA funding for environmental justice projects in communities across Kentucky at press event

  EPA News Release: EPA highlights IRA funding for environmental justice projects in communities across Kentucky at press event

  • Release Date: February 21, 2024

• MEDIA ADVISORY: EPA to highlight IRA funding for environmental justice projects in communities across Kentucky at press event

  EPA News Release: MEDIA ADVISORY: EPA to highlight IRA funding for environmental justice projects in communities across Kentucky at press event

  • Release Date: February 16, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration selects Denver-based JSI Research and Training Institute to receive $50M to fund Environmental Justice projects as part of Investing in America Agenda 

  Nonprofit to reduce barriers to federal funds and issue Environmental Justice grants across EPA Region 8 over the next three years  

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration selects Denver-based JSI Research and Training Institute to receive $50M to fund Environmental Justice projects as part of Investing in America Agenda 

  • Release Date: December 20, 2023

• EPA to hold community lead awareness seminars in Memphis June 15-16, 2023

  EPA News Release: EPA to hold community lead awareness seminars in Memphis June 15-16, 2023

  • Release Date: June 8, 2023

• La EPA llevará a cabo seminarios de concientización sobre el plomo en la comunidad en Memphis 15 al 16 de junio del 2023

  EPA News Release: La EPA llevará a cabo seminarios de concientización sobre el plomo en la comunidad en Memphis 15 al 16 de junio del 2023

  • Release Date: June 8, 2023

• EPA Announces $1.13 Million in Regional Source Reduction Assistance Grant Opportunities

  Priorities include reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, environmental justice

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $1.13 Million in Regional Source Reduction Assistance Grant Opportunities

  • Release Date: May 27, 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’s Local Government Advisory Committee Adopts Infrastructure Recommendations

  EPA News Release: EPA’s Local Government Advisory Committee Adopts Infrastructure Recommendations

  • Release Date: February 17, 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

• La Región 8 de la EPA ofrece una sesión pública de escucha el 1 de marzo sobre la Estrategia preliminar para reducir la exposición al plomo y las disparidades en las comunidades estadounidenses

  El público puede inscribirse ahora para asistir y/o aportar comentarios verbales

  EPA News Release: La Región 8 de la EPA ofrece una sesión pública de escucha el 1 de marzo sobre la Estrategia preliminar para reducir la exposición al plomo y las disparidades en las comunidades estadounidenses

  • Release Date: January 25, 2022

• EPA Region 8 hosting public listening session March 1 on the Draft Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities

  Members of the public can register now to attend and/or provide verbal comment

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 8 hosting public listening session March 1 on the Draft Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities

  • Release Date: January 19, 2022

• Colorado, Montana and Utah projects among $14.1 million in environmental justice grants nationwide

  EPA News Release: Colorado, Montana and Utah projects among $14.1 million in environmental justice grants nationwide

  • Release Date: December 15, 2021

• EPA awards $40,000 in funding to Denver, Colorado and Park City, Utah projects to reduce source pollution

  Projects aim to reduce sources of food waste and waste from single-use to-go containers

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $40,000 in funding to Denver, Colorado and Park City, Utah projects to reduce source pollution

  • Release Date: November 15, 2021