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• 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

• 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 Vermont Department of Public Service to receive nearly $62.5 million to deliver residential solar, lowering energy costs and advancing environmental justice across Vermont

  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 Vermont Department of Public Service to receive nearly $62.5 million to deliver residential solar, lowering energy costs and advancing environmental justice across Vermont

  • Release Date: April 22, 2024

• $15 million construction project for the Commerce Street Plume Superfund Site slated to start this summer

  EPA Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding supplied to Vermont's Department of Environmental Conservation will go to groundwater cleanup at the site

  EPA News Release: $15 million construction project for the Commerce Street Plume Superfund Site slated to start this summer

  • Release Date: April 17, 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 announces nearly $1.9 million for environmental justice projects in communities across Vermont 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 $1.9 million for environmental justice projects in communities across Vermont as part of Investing in America agenda

  • Release Date: October 25, 2023

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

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

  EPA News Release: EPA New England Awards $3M to State of Vermont 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 New England Announces New Partnership with Landmark College of Putney, Vt. to Advance Opportunities for Neurodivergent Individuals in Government Careers

  Five-year Memorandum of Understanding establishes neurodiversity training curriculum for federal employees and increases access to job openings for students during and after college

  EPA News Release: EPA New England Announces New Partnership with Landmark College of Putney, Vt. to Advance Opportunities for Neurodivergent Individuals in Government Careers

  • Release Date: August 1, 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

• Vermont Organization Selected as Technical Assistance Center to Help Communities Across New England and USA to Access Historic Investments to Advance Environmental Justice

  EPA's Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Centers include a network of over 160 partners to provide resources to unlock access to President Biden's historic investments in America

  EPA News Release: Vermont Organization Selected as Technical Assistance Center to Help Communities Across New England and USA to Access Historic Investments to Advance Environmental Justice

  • Release Date: April 17, 2023

• EPA Honors New England Organizations as 2023 ENERGY STAR Partners of the Year

  Companies and Organizations in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont

  EPA News Release: EPA Honors New England Organizations as 2023 ENERGY STAR Partners of the Year

  • Release Date: March 28, 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

• New England Experienced a Slight Increase in the Number of Unhealthy Air Quality Days During the 2022 Ozone Season

  EPA News Release: New England Experienced a Slight Increase in the Number of Unhealthy Air Quality Days During the 2022 Ozone Season

  • Release Date: October 27, 2022