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• 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 $500,000 to Recruit and Train Alabama Workers for Community Revitalization and Cleanup Projects as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  Latest funding for EPA’s Brownfield Job Training Grants is supported by the President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and will boost workforce training in underserved and overburdened communities

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $500,000 to Recruit and Train Alabama Workers for Community Revitalization and Cleanup Projects as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: December 8, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Availability of $30 Million for Projects in Underserved Communities That Promote a Healthy and Resilient Gulf of Mexico

  The new EPA Healthy & Resilient Gulf of Mexico Grant program was made possible by the President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda and will advance environmental justice in underserved communities across the watershed

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Availability of $30 Million for Projects in Underserved Communities That Promote a Healthy and Resilient Gulf of Mexico

  • Release Date: December 6, 2023

• $12 Million in Grants Awarded to Improve the Environment of Long Island Sound

  39 grants awarded to projects in New England and New York

  EPA News Release: $12 Million in Grants Awarded to Improve the Environment of Long Island Sound

  • Release Date: December 4, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration announces nearly $1.5 million for Environmental Justice Projects in Communities Across Alabama as part of investing in America agenda

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

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces nearly $1.5 million for Environmental Justice Projects in Communities Across Alabama as part of investing in America agenda

  • Release Date: October 25, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Invests Over $1.9 Million in the Pacific Islands for Recycling Infrastructure Through Investing in America Agenda

  EPA grants funded in part by largest recycling investment in 30 years under President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Invests Over $1.9 Million in the Pacific Islands for Recycling Infrastructure Through Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: September 13, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration invests more than $592,253 in Alabama Recycling Infrastructure Projects Through Investing in America Agenda

  EPA grants funded in part by largest recycling investment in 30 years under President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration invests more than $592,253 in Alabama Recycling Infrastructure Projects Through Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: September 13, 2023

• EPA awards nearly $100,000 to student team at the University of Alabama in Huntsville for safer drinking water research

  EPA News Release: EPA awards nearly $100,000 to student team at the University of Alabama in Huntsville for safer drinking water research

  • Release Date: September 11, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $80,000 for American Samoa to Reduce Lead in Schools and Childcare Facilities Through Investing in America Agenda

  President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law expanded the eligibility of WIIN funding to include remediating lead in water that children drink, in addition to testing and compliance monitoring

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $80,000 for American Samoa to Reduce Lead in Schools and Childcare Facilities Through Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: July 24, 2023

• EPA Settles with Shipping Companies over Claims of Clean Water Act Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Settles with Shipping Companies over Claims of Clean Water Act Violations

  • Release Date: June 28, 2023

• EPA urges preparedness across Southeast as 2023 hurricane season begins

  EPA News Release: EPA urges preparedness across Southeast as 2023 hurricane season begins

  • Release Date: June 7, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $4,179,495 Through Investing in America Agenda for Cleanup and Technical Assistance at Polluted Brownfield Sites in Alabama

  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 $4,179,495 Through Investing in America Agenda for Cleanup and Technical Assistance at Polluted Brownfield Sites in Alabama

  • Release Date: May 25, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $8,388,000 Investment for Clean Water Infrastructure Upgrades in Alabama

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $8,388,000 Investment for Clean Water Infrastructure Upgrades in Alabama

  • Release Date: April 4, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $6.5 Billion for Drinking Water Infrastructure Upgrades Across the Nation including Alabama

  Made possible by President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda, new funding will help ensure communities have access to clean and safe drinking water

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $6.5 Billion for Drinking Water Infrastructure Upgrades Across the Nation including Alabama

  • Release Date: April 4, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $47 Million for Drinking Water Infrastructure Upgrades in Pacific Islands

  Made possible by President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda, new funding will help ensure communities have access to clean and safe drinking water

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $47 Million for Drinking Water Infrastructure Upgrades in Pacific Islands

  • Release Date: April 4, 2023