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• Teck Alaska pays $429K penalty for hazardous waste violations at Red Dog Mine

  EPA's settlement with Teck Alaska, Incorporated, for hazardous waste violations at Red Dog Mine near Kotzebue, Alaska.

  • Release Date: August 6, 2024

• EPA announces $50 million grant to King County to cut climate pollution, improve air quality, and advance environmental justice

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $50 million grant to King County to cut climate pollution, improve air quality, and advance environmental justice

  • Release Date: July 23, 2024

• EPA announces $38 million to cut climate pollution, improve air quality, and advance environmental justice in Alaska

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $38 million to cut climate pollution, improve air quality, and advance environmental justice in Alaska

  • Release Date: July 23, 2024

• EPA announces nearly $200 million to cut climate pollution and advance environmental justice in Oregon

  EPA News Release: EPA announces nearly $200 million to cut climate pollution and advance environmental justice in Oregon

  • Release Date: July 22, 2024

• EPA announces $37 million grant to Nez Perce Tribe to cut climate pollution and improve air quality

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $37 million grant to Nez Perce Tribe to cut climate pollution and improve air quality

  • Release Date: July 22, 2024

• EPA awards Portland State University over $640,000 for research

  EPA News Release: EPA awards Portland State University over $640,000 for research

  • Release Date: August 24, 2023

• EPA announces $4 million for Oregon to tackle climate pollution

  Funds from EPA’s new Climate Pollution Reduction Grant Program were made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $4 million for Oregon to tackle climate pollution

  • Release Date: April 13, 2023

• EPA announces $4 million for Washington to tackle climate pollution

  Funds from EPA’s new Climate Pollution Reduction Grant Program were made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $4 million for Washington to tackle climate pollution

  • Release Date: April 6, 2023

• EPA issues Toxics Release Inventory 2021 report on chemical releases and waste management in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest

  EPA News Release: EPA issues Toxics Release Inventory 2021 report on chemical releases and waste management in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest

  • Release Date: March 16, 2023

• EPA Announces $16 Million in Pollution Prevention Grants Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  Grants will support projects that advance environmental justice by preventing pollution in historically disadvantaged communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $16 Million in Pollution Prevention Grants Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  • Release Date: March 8, 2023

• EPA announces nearly $4 million in grant funding to research cumulative health impacts of climate change in underserved communities in Alaska and Washington

  Collaborative projects in Alaska and Washington will promote community-led science, knowledge-sharing to support environmental justice

  EPA News Release: EPA announces nearly $4 million in grant funding to research cumulative health impacts of climate change in underserved communities in Alaska and Washington

  • Release Date: February 27, 2023

• EPA Awards Research Grants to Student Teams at Gonzaga University and Oregon State University

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Research Grants to Student Teams at Gonzaga University and Oregon State University

  • Release Date: June 28, 2022

• Air Force agrees to pay $206,811 EPA penalty for hazardous waste violations at Eareckson Air Station in Alaska

  EPA News Release: Air Force agrees to pay $206,811 EPA penalty for hazardous waste violations at Eareckson Air Station in Alaska

  • Release Date: June 23, 2022

• EPA Adds Bradford Island near Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River to the National Priorities or “Superfund” List

  EPA News Release: EPA Adds Bradford Island near Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River to the National Priorities or “Superfund” List

  • Release Date: March 17, 2022

• Chemical Hazard Reporting & Planning Enforcement Actions by EPA Region 10 in 2021

  EPA News Release: Chemical Hazard Reporting & Planning Enforcement Actions by EPA Region 10 in 2021

  • Release Date: February 16, 2022