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• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $600M to 11 Grantmakers to Fund Thousands of Environmental Justice Projects Across the Nation as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  Grantmakers selected to reduce barriers to federal funds and issue thousands of environmental justice grants over the next three years

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $600M to 11 Grantmakers to Fund Thousands of Environmental Justice Projects Across the Nation as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: December 20, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Selects Green & Healthy Homes Initiative to Receive $50,000,000 to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across the Mid-Atlantic as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  Grantmaker selected to reduce barriers to federal funds and issue thousands of environmental justice grants over the next three years

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Selects Green & Healthy Homes Initiative to Receive $50,000,000 to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across the Mid-Atlantic as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: December 20, 2023

• EPA Seeks Public Input on Proposal to Reduce Water Pollution from Meat and Poultry Processing Facilities

  EPA News Release: EPA Seeks Public Input on Proposal to Reduce Water Pollution from Meat and Poultry Processing Facilities

  • Release Date: December 15, 2023

• EPA Proposes Water Quality Standards to Protect Aquatic Life in Certain Sections of the Delaware River

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Water Quality Standards to Protect Aquatic Life in Certain Sections of the Delaware River

  • Release Date: December 14, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $2 Billion to Fund Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  EPA’s Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights announces the largest single investment in environmental justice in history, funded by President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $2 Billion to Fund Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: November 21, 2023

• EPA Administrator Regan Announces Members of First-Ever National Environmental Youth Advisory Council

  Marks the first time an EPA advisory committee features exclusively youth aged 16-29, charged with advising EPA on impacts of climate change and environmental harms

  EPA News Release: EPA Administrator Regan Announces Members of First-Ever National Environmental Youth Advisory Council

  • Release Date: November 16, 2023

• EPA Launches New Community-based Initiative to Help People Access Unprecedented Resources for Local Climate and Environmental Justice Solutions

  Under President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda, EPA to host a National Virtual Open House November 6-14; registration for the event is now open

  EPA News Release: EPA Launches New Community-based Initiative to Help People Access Unprecedented Resources for Local Climate and Environmental Justice Solutions

  • Release Date: November 1, 2023

• EPA Highlights Importance of Children’s Health Month with North Philadelphia Day Care Visit

  EPA News Release: EPA Highlights Importance of Children’s Health Month with North Philadelphia Day Care Visit

  • Release Date: October 25, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $2.25 Million for Environmental Justice Projects in Communities Across Virginia 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 Nearly $2.25 Million for Environmental Justice Projects in Communities Across Virginia As Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: October 24, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $1M for Environmental Justice Project in West Virginia As Part of Investing in America Agenda

  Selection announced as part of largest investments through EPA’s Environmental Justice Government-to-Government grant programs funded by President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $1M for Environmental Justice Project in West Virginia As Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: October 24, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $500,000 for Environmental Justice Projects in Communities In the District of Columbia as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $500,000 for Environmental Justice Projects in Communities In the District of Columbia as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: October 24, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $500,000 for Monitoring of Pollution from Delaware City Refinery as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $500,000 for Monitoring of Pollution from Delaware City Refinery as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: October 24, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $128 Million for Environmental Justice Projects in Communities Across the Country as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  EPA announces largest investments through its Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem Solving Cooperative Agreement and Environmental Justice Government-to-Government grant programs funded by President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $128 Million for Environmental Justice Projects in Communities Across the Country as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: October 24, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $5.3 Million for Environmental Justice Projects in Communities Across Pennsylvania 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 President Biden’s Inflation Reduction A

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $5.3 Million for Environmental Justice Projects in Communities Across Pennsylvania As Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: October 24, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $3.2 Million for Environmental Justice Projects in Communities Across Maryland 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 A

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $3.2 Million for Environmental Justice Projects in Communities Across Maryland as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: October 24, 2023