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• EPA New England Makes Healthy Communities Grants Available to Protect Public Health and the Environment in New England

  EPA News Release: EPA New England Makes Healthy Communities Grants Available to Protect Public Health and the Environment in New England

  • Release Date: July 12, 2024

• EPA Announces More Than $5 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across Southern Lake Michigan Communities in Illinois and Indiana

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces More Than $5 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across Southern Lake Michigan Communities in Illinois and Indiana

  • Release Date: June 7, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources to receive over $49 million to deliver residential solar, lowering energy costs and advancing environmental justice across Rhode Island

  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 Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources to receive over $49 million to deliver residential solar, lowering energy costs and advancing environmental justice across Rhode Island

  • 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 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 selects Health Resources in Action to receive $50,000,000 to fund environmental justice projects across New England as part of 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 Health Resources in Action to receive $50,000,000 to fund environmental justice projects across New England as part of Investing in America agenda

  • Release Date: December 20, 2023

• EPA settles with two Rhode Island companies for Clean Air Act violations

  Cranston and North Kingstown, R.I. ammonia refrigeration facilities to pay penalties and evaluate hazards

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with two Rhode Island companies for Clean Air Act violations

  • Release Date: December 18, 2023

• EPA New England Offers Career Showcase for Law Students

  Event on Friday November 3 – Opportunity to learn about legal careers at EPA

  EPA News Release: EPA New England Offers Career Showcase for Law Students

  • Release Date: October 26, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration announces nearly $3.5 million for environmental justice projects in communities across Rhode Island 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 $3.5 million for environmental justice projects in communities across Rhode Island as part of Investing in America agenda

  • Release Date: October 25, 2023

• EPA New England Awards $4M to State of Rhode Island and the Providence Metropolitan Area for Comprehensive, Economy-wide Climate Mitigation Planning

  Rhode Island will receive $3 million and the Providence metropolitan area will receive $1 million made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act

  EPA News Release: EPA New England Awards $4M to State of Rhode Island and the Providence Metropolitan Area 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

• $10 Million Grant Opportunity to Enhance Environmental Justice in New England Communities

  Grant opportunity for providing technical assistance for organizations and communities in the states of CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT, and 10 Tribes

  EPA News Release: $10 Million Grant Opportunity to Enhance Environmental Justice in New England Communities

  • Release Date: July 3, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $500K Cleanup Grant for Polluted Brownfields Site in Rhode Island

  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 $500K Cleanup Grant for Polluted Brownfields Site in Rhode Island

  • Release Date: May 31, 2023

• EPA Reminds New Englanders to Use Free Air Quality Alerts for the Summer Smog Season

  Air Quality Awareness Week is May 1–5, 2023

  EPA News Release: EPA Reminds New Englanders to Use Free Air Quality Alerts for the Summer Smog Season

  • Release Date: May 1, 2023

• EPA New England Celebrates Earth Week by Making Community Grants Available to Protect Public Health and the Environment

  Informational webinars scheduled April 25, 27 and May 11

  EPA News Release: EPA New England Celebrates Earth Week by Making Community Grants Available to Protect Public Health and the Environment

  • Release Date: April 21, 2023