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• Biden-Harris Administration Announces National Strategy to Reduce Food Loss and Waste and Recycle Organics

  Joint efforts will reduce waste, increase recycling of organics, reduce climate pollution, save families and businesses money, and support a circular economy for all 

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces National Strategy to Reduce Food Loss and Waste and Recycle Organics

  • Release Date: June 12, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $9,335,000 in Rebates for Clean School Buses Across South Carolina as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $9,335,000 in Rebates for Clean School Buses Across South Carolina as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: May 29, 2024

• EPA holds in-person regional roadshow to help communities access historic Investing in America funding for local climate and environmental justice solutions

  New phase of the EPA’s Community, Equity & Resiliency Initiative stops in Florence, SC to help communities access unprecedented Inflation Reduction Act resources

  EPA News Release: EPA holds in-person regional roadshow to help communities access historic Investing in America funding for local climate and environmental justice solutions

  • Release Date: May 16, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Selects Clemson University to Receive $768,950 Pollution Prevention Grant to Advance Environmental Justice

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Selects Clemson University to Receive $768,950 Pollution Prevention Grant to Advance Environmental Justice

  • Release Date: October 12, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration announces $143,000 for Wyoming to reduce Lead in Schools and Childcare facilities through Investing in America Agenda

  President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law expanded the eligibility of WIIN funding to include remediating lead in water that children drink, in addition to testing and compliance monitoring

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces $143,000 for Wyoming to reduce Lead in Schools and Childcare facilities through Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: August 1, 2023

• New upcoming grant opportunity to enhance Environmental Justice in EPA Region 8 communities

  EPA previews new grant opportunity for technical assistance for organizations and communities in the Region 8 states of CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, WY and 28 Tribes

  EPA News Release: New upcoming grant opportunity to enhance Environmental Justice in EPA Region 8 communities

  • Release Date: May 23, 2023

• 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 Announces Public Listening Sessions on the Draft Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Public Listening Sessions on the Draft Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities

  • Release Date: January 27, 2022

• EPA to Host a Public Hearing in Rock Hill, S.C., Regarding the New Indy Catawba, LLC Facility

  EPA News Release: EPA to Host a Public Hearing in Rock Hill, S.C., Regarding the New Indy Catawba, LLC Facility

  • Release Date: January 19, 2022

• EPA Awards 2021 Environmental Justice Small Grants to Local Communities in the Southeast

  Nationally, EPA Announces $14.1 Million to Fund 133 Environmental Justice Grants

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards 2021 Environmental Justice Small Grants to Local Communities in the Southeast

  • Release Date: December 16, 2021

• EPA Region 4 Administrator Mary S. Walker Signs MOU with the South Carolina Department of Agriculture

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 4 Administrator Mary S. Walker Signs MOU with the South Carolina Department of Agriculture

  • Release Date: June 17, 2020

• EPA Administrator Wheeler Appoints New Members to the Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee

  EPA News Release: EPA Administrator Wheeler Appoints New Members to the Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee

  • Release Date: June 17, 2020