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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

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $11,030,000 for Arkansas Schools to Purchase Clean School Buses as Part of the Investing in America Agenda

  EPA’s Clean School Bus Rebate Program to fund over 3,400 new clean school buses in approximately 530 districts across the nation

  The Biden-Harris Administration announced the recipients of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2023 Clean School Bus Program rebate competition, funded by President Biden’s Investing in America agenda.

  • Release Date: May 30, 2024

• Poor Air Quality Expected for parts of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, and New Hampshire on May 22, 2024

  EPA News Release: Poor Air Quality Expected for parts of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, and New Hampshire on May 22, 2024

  • Release Date: May 22, 2024

• EPA reminds New Englanders to use free air quality monitoring tools this summer

  Air Quality Awareness Week is May 6 - 10, 2024

  EPA News Release: EPA reminds New Englanders to use free air quality monitoring tools this summer

  • Release Date: May 6, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Arkansas’ Hope Enterprise Corporation to Receive over $93 Million to Deliver Residential Solar, Lowering Energy Costs and Advancing Environmental Justice

  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

  As the Biden-Harris Administration celebrates Earth week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the Hope Enterprise Corporation in Arkansas has been selected to receive $$93,670,000.

  • Release Date: April 23, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces nearly $83 million in funding to expand air quality monitoring across the nation as part of Investing in America agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces nearly $83 million in funding to expand air quality monitoring across the nation as part of Investing in America agenda

  • Release Date: February 16, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces at Least $9,875,000 in Awards for Clean School Buses Across Arkansas as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  The awards, which are made possible through President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, will help the selectees purchase clean school buses in two school districts across Arkansas.

  • Release Date: January 10, 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

• EPA Announces $2.1 Million in Environmental Projects and $200,000 Civil Penalty in Clean Air Act Violations Against Evergreen Packaging LLC

  On September 27, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a consent agreement and final order (CAFO) with Evergreen Packaging LLC (“Evergreen”) for alleged Clean Air Act (CAA) violations.

  • Release Date: October 16, 2023

• University of Maine Selected for $1+ Million EPA Research Grant to Address Energy Transitions in Underserved Communities

  EPA News Release: University of Maine Selected for $1+ Million EPA Research Grant to Address Energy Transitions in Underserved Communities

  • Release Date: August 17, 2023

• EPA Settlements with Maine Companies Improve Chemical Safety and Impose Over $370,000 in Penalties

  EPA News Release: EPA Settlements with Maine Companies Improve Chemical Safety and Impose Over $370,000 in Penalties

  • Release Date: August 17, 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

• $10 million grant opportunity to advance environmental justice in New England

  EPA seeks applicants to provide environmental justice technical assistance for organizations and communities in Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island

  EPA News Release: $10 million grant opportunity to advance environmental justice in New England

  • Release Date: July 31, 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

• Canadian Wildfires Spark Air Quality Advisory for parts of New England on May 31, 2023

  EPA News Release: Canadian Wildfires Spark Air Quality Advisory for parts of New England on May 31, 2023

  • Release Date: May 31, 2023