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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 Region 6 Announces Oklahoma Teacher as Winner of the Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 is pleased to announce the Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators (PIAEE) winner is Shannon Chatwin from Owasso High School located in Owasso, Oklahoma.

  • Release Date: July 16, 2024

• EPA awards $75,000 to the University of Tennessee student team for innovative solutions to environmental public health challenges

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $75,000 to the University of Tennessee student team for innovative solutions to environmental public health challenges

  • Release Date: March 14, 2024

• EPA Awards $1.8M in Research Grants to the University of Oklahoma for Children’s Health

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced in $1,898,738 grant funding to the University of Oklahoma to establish research centers to address children’s cumulative health impacts from agricultural and non-chemical exposures.

  • Release Date: October 16, 2023

• U.S. EPA Honors 2023 ENERGY STAR® Partners of the Year Award Winners in Tennessee

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Honors 2023 ENERGY STAR® Partners of the Year Award Winners in Tennessee

  • Release Date: March 28, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces over $16 million from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program for Tennessee 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 $16 million from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program for Tennessee School Districts

  • Release Date: October 27, 2022

• EPA Announces Oklahoma Corporation Commission to Receive $2,000,000 in Brownfields Assessment Funding

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Oklahoma Corporation Commission to Receive $2,000,000 in Brownfields Assessment Funding

  • Release Date: May 17, 2022

• EPA and DOE Honor Energy Companies in 2022 Energy Star Awards

  210 organizations leading the way in support of America’s clean energy transition

  EPA News Release: EPA and DOE Honor Energy Companies in 2022 Energy Star Awards

  • Release Date: May 9, 2022

• U.S. EPA Recognizes Freight Industry Leaders in Tennessee or Environmental Performance

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Recognizes Freight Industry Leaders in Tennessee or Environmental Performance

  • Release Date: October 27, 2021

• EPA Administrator Appoints Bolivar, TN Mayor Julian McTizic to Local Government Advisory Committee

  EPA News Release: EPA Administrator Appoints Bolivar, TN Mayor Julian McTizic to Local Government Advisory Committee

  • Release Date: August 26, 2021

• EPA Selects Colonial Chemical of Tennessee as a 2021 Green Chemistry Challenge Award Winner

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects Colonial Chemical of Tennessee as a 2021 Green Chemistry Challenge Award Winner

  • Release Date: June 15, 2021

• EPA Awards $20,000 in School Bus Rebates to School District in Tennessee

  Nationally, EPA Awards $10.5 Million to Clean Up 473 School Buses in 40 States

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $20,000 in School Bus Rebates to School District in Tennessee

  • Release Date: April 20, 2021

• University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Awarded Honorable Mention in EPA’s 9th-Annual Campus RainWorks Challenge

  EPA News Release: University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Awarded Honorable Mention in EPA’s 9th-Annual Campus RainWorks Challenge

  • Release Date: April 19, 2021

• EPA Announces Koch Fertilizer in Enid, Okla., Among 2020 ENERGY STAR® Certified Manufacturing Plants

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Koch Fertilizer in Enid, Okla., Among 2020 ENERGY STAR® Certified Manufacturing Plants

  • Release Date: March 24, 2021

• EPA Region 6 Releases 2020 Year in Review

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 6 Releases 2020 Year in Review

  • Release Date: January 19, 2021