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• EPA Announces About $70 Million in Grant Funding for Dillard University and the City of New Orleans

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $19,944,576 in community grant funding for Dillard University and their partner United Way of Southeast Louisiana.

  • Release Date: August 27, 2024

• EPA cracks down on Louisville-based seller of automobile emissions ‘defeat devices’ that increase air pollution

  EPA News Release: EPA cracks down on Louisville-based seller of automobile emissions ‘defeat devices’ that increase air pollution

  • Release Date: June 4, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $6,350,000 in Rebates for Clean School Buses Across Kentucky as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $6,350,000 in Rebates for Clean School Buses Across Kentucky as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: May 29, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources will Receive $156,120,000 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 Louisiana Department of Natural Resources has been selected to receive $156,129,000.

  • Release Date: April 23, 2024

• EPA Announces $1.4M Settlement with Sasol Chemicals for Alleged Chemical Accident Prevention Violations at Westlake, La., Facility

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently finalized a settlement with Sasol Chemicals (Sasol) over alleged violations of the chemical accident prevention provisions of the Clean Air Act at the company’s facility in Westlake, Louisiana.

  • Release Date: April 9, 2024

• EPA to host a community meeting for Calvert City, KY, residents about air monitoring study

  EPA News Release: EPA to host a community meeting for Calvert City, KY, residents about air monitoring study

  • Release Date: January 23, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces at Least $15,719,907 in Awards for Clean School Buses Across Louisiana 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 three school districts across Louisiana.

  • Release Date: January 10, 2024

• EPA approves Kentucky’s Ozone Redesignation Request and Maintenance Plan for the Northern Kentucky portion of the Cincinnati OH-KY 2015 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) Nonattainment Area

  EPA News Release: EPA approves Kentucky’s Ozone Redesignation Request and Maintenance Plan for the Northern Kentucky portion of the Cincinnati OH-KY 2015 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) Nonattainment Area

  • Release Date: October 5, 2023

• EPA, Rep. Troy Carter Announce Grant for La. DEQ Air Monitoring Project in St. James Parish

  Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a grant funded through the American Rescue Plan and Inflation Reduction Act to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ).

  • Release Date: June 5, 2023

• EPA Settlement with Evonik Will Reduce Air Toxics in St. John the Baptist Parish, La.

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced a settlement with Evonik Corporation that will reduce emissions of ethylene oxide and other hazardous air pollutants by 5.6 tons per year from a facility in Reserve, St. John.

  • Release Date: April 24, 2023

• EPA Announces Louisiana to Receive Nearly $2.4 Million for Air Monitoring Projects

  Largest investment for community air monitoring in EPA history funded by President Biden’s Climate and Economic Plans

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced four Louisiana organizations will receive $2,399,604 from President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act and American Rescue Plan to enhance air quality monitoring in marginalized communities.

  • Release Date: November 3, 2022

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces over $26 million from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program for Kentucky School Districts

  Historic investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law headed to all 50 states in effort to transform America’s school bus fleet

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces over $26 million from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program for Kentucky School Districts

  • Release Date: October 27, 2022

• EPA Announces $43,000,000 in Clean School Bus Funding for School Districts in Louisiana

  Historic investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law headed to all 50 states in effort to transform America’s school bus fleet

  The Biden-Harris Administration announced the Fiscal Year 2022 recipients of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean School Bus Program rebate competition, awarding $43,845,000 to Louisiana school districts.

  • Release Date: October 26, 2022

• EPA Announces $1.13 Million in Regional Source Reduction Assistance Grant Opportunities

  Priorities include reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, environmental justice

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $1.13 Million in Regional Source Reduction Assistance Grant Opportunities

  • Release Date: May 27, 2022

• EPA Awards Rebates Totaling $17 Million to Fund School Buses that Reduce Diesel Emissions and Protect Children’s Health

  Kentucky Public Schools to receive $800 Thousand for Diesel Emissions Reduction Projects

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Rebates Totaling $17 Million to Fund School Buses that Reduce Diesel Emissions and Protect Children’s Health

  • Release Date: March 10, 2022