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• EPA Announces More Than $2M to West Virginia University to Support U.S. Manufacturing

  Grants from President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act will help businesses produce low-carbon materials

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces More Than $2M to West Virginia University to Support U.S. Manufacturing

  • Release Date: August 1, 2024

• EPA Issues Cleanup Plan for Shaffer Equipment Superfund Site in Minden, West Virginia

  Major milestone since site added to the National Priorities List in 2019

  EPA News Release: EPA Issues Cleanup Plan for Shaffer Equipment Superfund Site in Minden, West Virginia

  • Release Date: July 9, 2024

• Cunningham and HNRC in Bomont, West Virginia, to pay $764,274 for alleged State and Federal violations

  Agreement ensures proper management of harmful well pad emissions

  EPA News Release: Cunningham and HNRC in Bomont, West Virginia, to pay $764,274 for alleged State and Federal violations

  • Release Date: July 9, 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

• EPA Announces $1.8M in Rebates for Clean School Buses Across West Virginia as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $1.8M in Rebates for Clean School Buses Across West Virginia as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: May 29, 2024

• EPA Announces Almost $7.4M in Brownfields Grants to Rehabilitate and Revitalize Communities in West Virginia

  Funded by $1.5 billion investment into Brownfields sites from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to address legacy pollution, advance environmental justice, and create healthier communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Almost $7.4M in Brownfields Grants to Rehabilitate and Revitalize Communities in West Virginia

  • Release Date: May 20, 2024

• Animal Breeding and Testing Company Pleads Guilty to Animal Welfare and Pollution Crimes and Will Pay More than $35M, Including Record Fine in an Animal Welfare Case

  In 2022, Justice Department Secured Surrender of Over 4,000 Beagles from Envigo’s Cumberland, Virginia Facility

  EPA News Release: Animal Breeding and Testing Company Pleads Guilty to Animal Welfare and Pollution Crimes and Will Pay More than $35M, Including Record Fine in an Animal Welfare Case

  • Release Date: June 3, 2024

• EPA Announces West Virginia Office of Energy to Receive $106M to Deliver Residential Solar, Lowering Energy Costs Across the Mountain State

  EPA announces selectees under Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grant competition to deliver solar to low-income and rural households

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces West Virginia Office of Energy to Receive $106M to Deliver Residential Solar, Lowering Energy Costs Across the Mountain State

  • Release Date: April 22, 2024

• EPA Awards $2.4M to Mid-Atlantic States to Support Wetlands Programs

  Grants fund projects that target water pollution

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $2.4M to Mid-Atlantic States to Support Wetlands Programs

  • Release Date: August 8, 2024

• City of Fargo, Georgia among 16 recipients selected nationally to receive $25.5M in new grants to combat impact of climate change on drinking water infrastructure

  EPA News Release: City of Fargo, Georgia among 16 recipients selected nationally to receive $25.5M in new grants to combat impact of climate change on drinking water infrastructure

  • Release Date: August 21, 2024

• St. Charles Mesa Water District to receive $175K EPA water infrastructure grant

  EPA News Release: St. Charles Mesa Water District to receive $175K EPA water infrastructure grant

  • Release Date: August 20, 2024

• EPA Awards $25.5M in New Grants to Combat Impact of Climate Change on Drinking Water Infrastructure

  Public Water Supply District #8 of Platte County, Missouri, awarded over $560K

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $25.5M in New Grants to Combat Impact of Climate Change on Drinking Water Infrastructure

  • Release Date: August 20, 2024

• EPA releases 2-year milestone evaluations on Chesapeake Bay cleanup effort; cites challenges, progress and potential

  EPA News Release: EPA releases 2-year milestone evaluations on Chesapeake Bay cleanup effort; cites challenges, progress and potential

  • Release Date: August 14, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Awards $25.5 Million in New Grants to Combat Impact of Climate Change on Drinking Water Infrastructure

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Awards $25.5 Million in New Grants to Combat Impact of Climate Change on Drinking Water Infrastructure

  • Release Date: August 20, 2024

• Biden- Harris Administration announces $23.8 Million in Grants to Support Chesapeake Bay Watershed Restoration Efforts

  Grants advance measurable partnership progress towards 2025 goals of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement

  EPA News Release: Biden- Harris Administration announces $23.8 Million in Grants to Support Chesapeake Bay Watershed Restoration Efforts

  • Release Date: September 4, 2024