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• Biden-Harris Administration announces over $1.5 million grant to Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation to cut climate pollution and accelerate clean energy transition

  Funded by President Biden's Investing in America Agenda, EPA announces 34 selected Tribal and territory applications through the competitive Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces over $1.5 million grant to Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation to cut climate pollution and accelerate clean energy transition

  • Release Date: September 5, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $100 Million for the organization Metroplan to Develop Community-Driven Solutions to Cut Climate Pollution Across Arkansas and Oklahoma

  Funded by President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda, EPA announces selected applications through competitive Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program to tackle climate change, improve air quality, and advance environmental justice

  As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Metroplan will receive $99,999,999 from the Climate Pollution Reduction Grant.

  • Release Date: July 23, 2024

• Connecticut to benefit from over $700 million in grants for community-driven solutions to cut climate pollution across New England

  Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and the City of New Haven selected by the EPA to receive Climate Pollution Reduction Grants to tackle climate change, improve air quality, and advance environmental justice

  EPA News Release: Connecticut to benefit from over $700 million in grants for community-driven solutions to cut climate pollution across New England

  • Release Date: July 22, 2024

• New Hampshire to benefit from a $450 million grant for community-driven solutions to cut climate pollution across New England

  New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services is part of a coalition selected by the EPA to receive a $450 million Climate Pollution Reduction Grant to tackle climate change, improve air quality, and advance environmental justice

  EPA News Release: New Hampshire to benefit from a $450 million grant for community-driven solutions to cut climate pollution across New England

  • Release Date: July 22, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to receive nearly $62.5 million to deliver residential solar, lowering energy costs and advancing environmental justice across Connecticut

  EPA announces selectees under Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grant competition to deliver solar to low-income and disadvantaged households through the President's Investing in America agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to receive nearly $62.5 million to deliver residential solar, lowering energy costs and advancing environmental justice across Connecticut

  • Release Date: April 22, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces Executive Office of the State of New Hampshire to receive over $43.5 million to deliver residential solar, lowering energy costs and advancing environmental justice across New Hampshire

  EPA announces selectees under Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grant competition to deliver solar to low-income and disadvantaged households through the President's Investing in America agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces Executive Office of the State of New Hampshire to receive over $43.5 million to deliver residential solar, lowering energy costs and advancing environmental justice across New Hampshire

  • Release Date: April 22, 2024

• EPA and New England Aquarium spotlight the sunken treasure of Blue Carbon in climate resilience

  Aquarium temporary installation highlights collaborative research and critical carbon-capturing coastal environments of seagrass meadows and salt marshes

  EPA News Release: EPA and New England Aquarium spotlight the sunken treasure of Blue Carbon in climate resilience

  • Release Date: February 8, 2024

• EPA Awards Recycling Education and Outreach Grants to Maine and New Hampshire Organizations as Part of America Recycles Day

  On America Recycles Day and Anniversary of President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, EPA announces grants funded in part by the largest recycling investment in 30 years

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Recycling Education and Outreach Grants to Maine and New Hampshire Organizations as Part of America Recycles Day

  • Release Date: November 15, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration announces $4.5 million for environmental justice projects in communities across Connecticut 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 $4.5 million for environmental justice projects in communities across Connecticut as part of Investing in America agenda

  • Release Date: October 25, 2023

• EPA New England Awards $6M to State of Connecticut and Three Metropolitan Areas for Comprehensive, Economy-wide Climate Mitigation Planning

  Connecticut will receive $3 million and Bridgeport, Hartford, and New Haven metropolitan areas will each receive up to $1 million made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act

  EPA News Release: EPA New England Awards $6M to State of Connecticut and Three Metropolitan Areas for Comprehensive, Economy-wide Climate Mitigation Planning

  • Release Date: August 30, 2023

• EPA New England Awards $3M to State of New Hampshire for Comprehensive, Economy-wide Climate Mitigation Planning

  New Hampshire will receive $3 million made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act

  EPA News Release: EPA New England Awards $3M to State of New Hampshire for Comprehensive, Economy-wide Climate Mitigation Planning

  • Release Date: August 30, 2023

• "Blue Carbon Reservoirs from Maine to Long Island NY" Report is now available

  EPA News Release: "Blue Carbon Reservoirs from Maine to Long Island NY" Report is now available

  • Release Date: August 8, 2023

• EPA Advises Facility Operators to Prepare for Hazardous Weather Events

  As the hurricane season kicks off, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reminds facility operators of preventing, minimizing, and reporting chemical releases during hazardous weather events.

  • Release Date: July 18, 2023

• New England Continues to Experience Poor Air Quality due to Smoke from Canadian Wildfires on Tuesday July 18, 2023

  EPA News Release: New England Continues to Experience Poor Air Quality due to Smoke from Canadian Wildfires on Tuesday July 18, 2023

  • Release Date: July 17, 2023

• EPA, State and Local Officials Celebrate Award of Over $8.8M in Rebate and Infrastructure Funding for 28 Zero-Emission Buses in Connecticut

  Latest funding from the President's Investing in America Agenda follows nearly $1 billion for thousands of electric and low-emission school buses across the nation

  EPA News Release: EPA, State and Local Officials Celebrate Award of Over $8.8M in Rebate and Infrastructure Funding for 28 Zero-Emission Buses in Connecticut

  • Release Date: June 15, 2023