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• 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

• Biden-Harris Administration announces the University of Mississippi as the recipient of $749,476 to support Clean U.S. Manufacturing of Construction Materials

  Grants from President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act will support the renewal of American manufacturing by helping businesses produce low-carbon materials

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces the University of Mississippi as the recipient of $749,476 to support Clean U.S. Manufacturing of Construction Materials

  • Release Date: July 17, 2024

• EPA Selects Mississippi State University Extension to receive $100,000 in funding to support Environmental Education in Jackson and across Mississippi

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects Mississippi State University Extension to receive $100,000 in funding to support Environmental Education in Jackson and across Mississippi

  • Release Date: July 9, 2024

• EPA to Award $9.75 Million in Grants to Support Water Quality Monitoring and Protect the Health of Beachgoers

  Southeastern States to receive more than $1.8 Million of the funding total

  EPA News Release: EPA to Award $9.75 Million in Grants to Support Water Quality Monitoring and Protect the Health of Beachgoers

  • Release Date: June 13, 2024

• 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 $10,390,000 in Rebates for Clean School Buses Across Mississippi as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $10,390,000 in Rebates for Clean School Buses Across Mississippi as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: May 29, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces the Hope Enterprise Corporation to Receive $93,670,000 to Deliver Residential Solar, Lowering Energy Costs and Advancing Environmental Justice Across Mississippi

  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 the Hope Enterprise Corporation to Receive $93,670,000 to Deliver Residential Solar, Lowering Energy Costs and Advancing Environmental Justice Across Mississippi

  • Release Date: April 22, 2024

• EPA Region 4 Solicits Applications for the 2024 Pollution Prevention Recognition Program

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 4 Solicits Applications for the 2024 Pollution Prevention Recognition Program

  • Release Date: April 17, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration expands EPA program to bring wastewater sanitation services to 150 more underserved communities across Rural America

  Bolivar County plans sewer expansion project

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration expands EPA program to bring wastewater sanitation services to 150 more underserved communities across Rural America

  • Release Date: February 15, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces nearly $11,455,000 in Awards for Clean School Buses Across Mississippi as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces nearly $11,455,000 in Awards for Clean School Buses Across Mississippi as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: January 9, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Availability of $30 Million for Projects in Underserved Communities That Promote a Healthy and Resilient Gulf of Mexico

  The new EPA Healthy & Resilient Gulf of Mexico Grant program was made possible by the President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda and will advance environmental justice in underserved communities across the watershed

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Availability of $30 Million for Projects in Underserved Communities That Promote a Healthy and Resilient Gulf of Mexico

  • Release Date: December 6, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration announces $980,979 for Environmental Justice Projects in communities across Mississippi as part of investing in America agenda

  Selections announced as part of largest investments through EPA’s Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem Solving Cooperative Agreement and Environmental Justice Government-to-Government grant programs funded by Inflation Reduction Act

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces $980,979 for Environmental Justice Projects in communities across Mississippi as part of investing in America agenda

  • Release Date: October 26, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration invests more than $592,253 in Mississippi Recycling Infrastructure Projects Through Investing in America Agenda

  EPA grants funded in part by largest recycling investment in 30 years under President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration invests more than $592,253 in Mississippi Recycling Infrastructure Projects Through Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: September 13, 2023

• EPA announces agreement with prospective purchaser of the former plant at the Mississippi Phosphates Corporation Superfund Site in Pascagoula, Mississippi

  EPA News Release: EPA announces agreement with prospective purchaser of the former plant at the Mississippi Phosphates Corporation Superfund Site in Pascagoula, Mississippi

  • Release Date: August 22, 2023

• EPA, DOJ and MDEQ to hold public meetings to receive comments on Stipulated Order to expedite Jackson sewer system repairs

  EPA News Release: EPA, DOJ and MDEQ to hold public meetings to receive comments on Stipulated Order to expedite Jackson sewer system repairs

  • Release Date: August 17, 2023