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• EPA’s Thriving Communities program brings funding opportunities to Portsmouth

  EPA News Release: EPA’s Thriving Communities program brings funding opportunities to Portsmouth

  • Release Date: October 25, 2024

• EPA leads roundtable at Norfolk State University to tackle environmental justice

  EPA News Release: EPA leads roundtable at Norfolk State University to tackle environmental justice

  • Release Date: October 2, 2024

• Rooted in Justice: EPA and Richmond teams partner for greener Southside

  EPA News Release: Rooted in Justice: EPA and Richmond teams partner for greener Southside

  • Release Date: September 20, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Virginia DEQ Selection as Part of Coalitions to Receive Grants for Community-Driven Solutions to Cut Climate Pollution

  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

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Virginia DEQ Selection as Part of Coalitions to Receive Grants for Community-Driven Solutions to Cut Climate Pollution

  • Release Date: July 23, 2024

• National Wildlife Federation selected to Serve as New Technical Assistance Center to Help Communities Across EPA’s Mid-Atlantic Region 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: National Wildlife Federation selected to Serve as New Technical Assistance Center to Help Communities Across EPA’s Mid-Atlantic Region Access Historic Investments to Advance Environmental Justice.

  • Release Date: April 14, 2023

• EPA partners with golf course association to address best management practices, sustainability, improvements to air, water

  EPA News Release: EPA partners with golf course association to address best management practices, sustainability, improvements to air, water

  • Release Date: September 19, 2022

• EPA Announces $40 Million from Infrastructure Law for Chesapeake Bay Restoration

  First of Five-Year Funding Totaling $238 Million

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $40 Million from Infrastructure Law for Chesapeake Bay Restoration

  • Release Date: May 2, 2022

• EPA Announces Plans to Use Funds from Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill to Expedite Cleanup at Arrowhead Plating Superfund Site

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Plans to Use Funds from Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill to Expedite Cleanup at Arrowhead Plating Superfund Site

  • Release Date: December 17, 2021

• EPA Awards Mid-Atlantic Regional Air Management Association Nearly $1.4 million for Diesel Emissions Reduction Project

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Mid-Atlantic Regional Air Management Association Nearly $1.4 million for Diesel Emissions Reduction Project

  • Release Date: December 9, 2021

• Virginia to get $126.4 million in water infrastructure funding that prioritizes underserved communities

  EPA News Release: Virginia to get $126.4 million in water infrastructure funding that prioritizes underserved communities

  • Release Date: December 2, 2021

• EPA awards $668K to Virginia for wetlands protection

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $668K to Virginia for wetlands protection

  • Release Date: October 7, 2021

• EPA awards $1.78 million to Virginia to control polluted runoff, restore water quality

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $1.78 million to Virginia to control polluted runoff, restore water quality

  • Release Date: October 4, 2021

• EPA awards nearly $1 million research grant to Arlington, Va. group to support small drinking water systems

  EPA News Release: EPA awards nearly $1 million research grant to Arlington, Va. group to support small drinking water systems

  • Release Date: September 20, 2021

• Biden Administration Pledges to Assist City of Norfolk in Tackling Food Insecurity

  Project encourages community-led downtown and neighborhood revitalization, enhanced local economies and job creation, improved diet and health, and increased environment protection efforts

  EPA News Release: Biden Administration Pledges to Assist City of Norfolk in Tackling Food Insecurity

  • Release Date: June 3, 2021

• NFWF’s Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund Awards $9.6 Million in Grants to Benefit the Bay Watershed

  Grants awarded will support clean water, sustainable agriculture and stormwater infrastructure across the Chesapeake Bay watershed

  EPA News Release: NFWF’s Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund Awards $9.6 Million in Grants to Benefit the Bay Watershed

  • Release Date: June 3, 2021