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• EPA awards over $8.8 million to reduce air pollution from wood heaters

  Inflation Reduction Act to fund nationwide wood heater testing effort

  EPA News Release: EPA awards over $8.8 million to reduce air pollution from wood heaters

  • Release Date: June 25, 2024

• EPA's Southeast New England Program announces additional $1.25M request for proposals to advance resilience in disadvantaged communities

  EPA News Release: EPA's Southeast New England Program announces additional $1.25M request for proposals to advance resilience in disadvantaged communities

  • Release Date: March 4, 2024

• EPA New England Provides Tips for a Healthier Heating Season

  EPA News Release: EPA New England Provides Tips for a Healthier Heating Season

  • Release Date: December 21, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Selects California-Based Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs, Inc. to Receive $50 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects

  As part of the Investing in America agenda, Grantmakers selected to reduce barriers to federal funds and issue thousands of environmental justice grants over the next three years

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Selects California-Based Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs, Inc. to Receive $50 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects

  • Release Date: December 20, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration announces nearly $3.5 million for environmental justice projects in communities across Rhode Island as part of Investing in America agenda

  Selections announced as part of largest investments through EPA's Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem Solving Cooperative Agreement & Environmental Justice Government-to-Government grant programs funded by President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces nearly $3.5 million for environmental justice projects in communities across Rhode Island as part of Investing in America agenda

  • Release Date: October 25, 2023

• EPA Announces New England Virtual Listening Session on PFAS Strategic Roadmap

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces New England Virtual Listening Session on PFAS Strategic Roadmap

  • Release Date: March 28, 2023

• EPA Announces 6 Healthy Communities Grants worth over $190,000 Awarded in Rhode Island

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces 6 Healthy Communities Grants worth over $190,000 Awarded in Rhode Island

  • Release Date: November 18, 2022

• EPA Announces 22 Healthy Communities Grants worth over $740,000 Awarded in New England

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces 22 Healthy Communities Grants worth over $740,000 Awarded in New England

  • Release Date: November 18, 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 Lowndes and Greene County, Alabama

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

  • Release Date: August 2, 2022

• EPA New England to Invest up to $24 Million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Help Protect and Restore its Six Estuaries of National Significance

  EPA releases guidance on how the agency will administer the program

  EPA News Release: EPA New England to Invest up to $24 Million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Help Protect and Restore its Six Estuaries of National Significance

  • Release Date: July 27, 2022

• EPA Announces $55 Million WIFIA Loan to Modernize Wastewater Infrastructure in Providence, Rhode Island, and Protect Narragansett Bay

  Nationally, 89 WIFIA loans are financing nearly $33 billion in water infrastructure upgrades, creating 100,000 jobs

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $55 Million WIFIA Loan to Modernize Wastewater Infrastructure in Providence, Rhode Island, and Protect Narragansett Bay

  • Release Date: July 27, 2022

• EPA Reminds New Englanders to Prepare for the Summer Smog Season with Free Air Quality Alerts

  EPA News Release: EPA Reminds New Englanders to Prepare for the Summer Smog Season with Free Air Quality Alerts

  • Release Date: May 3, 2022

• Woonasquatucket River Selected for Pilot Watershed

  Becomes Second Project in Rhode Island under EPA Coastal Initiative

  EPA News Release: Woonasquatucket River Selected for Pilot Watershed

  • Release Date: March 9, 2022

• EPA New England to Host Public Listening Session on the Draft Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in Communities

  Virtual Listening Session will be held March 8, 2022

  EPA News Release: EPA New England to Host Public Listening Session on the Draft Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in Communities

  • Release Date: February 17, 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