Partnerships and Stewardship

EPA’s Arizona Food Recovery Challenge Awardees Reducing Food Waste, Preventing Greenhouse Gases

EPA News Release: EPA’s Arizona Food Recovery Challenge Awardees Reducing Food Waste, Preventing Greenhouse Gases

• Release Date: February 3, 2022

EPA requests applications for $2 million in funding for Great Lakes trash-free water projects

For the first time, GLRI grants available to keep trash out of the Great Lakes

EPA News Release: EPA requests applications for $2 million in funding for Great Lakes trash-free water projects

• Release Date: December 16, 2019

CertaPro Painters of Maine Fined for Alleged Lead-Based Paint Violations

EPA News Release: CertaPro Painters of Maine Fined for Alleged Lead-Based Paint Violations

• Release Date: January 24, 2023

EPA awards $2 million in grants to reduce toxics throughout Columbia River Basin

EPA News Release: EPA awards $2 million in grants to reduce toxics throughout Columbia River Basin

• Release Date: September 16, 2020

EPA Awards Grant to University of Montana to Support Fish Advisory and Consumption Awareness

EPA News Release: EPA Awards Grant to University of Montana to Support Fish Advisory and Consumption Awareness

• Release Date: September 16, 2020

New agreement marks critical step forward in delivering reliable drinking water to hundreds of thousands

EPA News Release: New agreement marks critical step forward in delivering reliable drinking water to hundreds of thousands

• Release Date: April 7, 2021

EPA Announces Action Plan to Address Water-Related Challenges in Indian Country

EPA News Release: EPA Announces Action Plan to Address Water-Related Challenges in Indian Country

• Release Date: October 14, 2021

EPA Announces St. Louis Community College Selected for Brownfields Job Training Grant

EPA News Release: EPA Announces St. Louis Community College Selected for Brownfields Job Training Grant

• Release Date: February 2, 2022

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $9.9 Million from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program for Guam Schools

Historic investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law headed to all 50 states and territories in effort to transform America’s school bus fleet

EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $9.9 Million from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program for Guam Schools

• Release Date: January 17, 2023

EPA Announces Heartland Conservation Alliance in KCMO Selected for Brownfields Job Training Grant

EPA News Release: EPA Announces Heartland Conservation Alliance in KCMO Selected for Brownfields Job Training Grant

• Release Date: February 2, 2022

EPA Announces City of Springfield, Missouri, Selected for Brownfields Job Training Grant

EPA News Release: EPA Announces City of Springfield, Missouri, Selected for Brownfields Job Training Grant

• Release Date: February 2, 2022

EPA Expands Pesticide Outreach and Education to Better Meet the Needs of Pesticide Applicators, including Farmworkers, and Consumers

Kicks off Fifth Annual National Pesticide Safety Education Month with new Spanish-language Pesticide Safety Videos for Farmworkers

EPA News Release: EPA Expands Pesticide Outreach and Education to Better Meet the Needs of Pesticide Applicators, including Farmworkers, and Consumers

• Release Date: February 1, 2022

EPA Region 7 Presents $500K Check to City of Springfield, Missouri, for Brownfields Job Training Grant

Selected grant will train environmental workers and expand the city’s Green for Greene job training program

EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Presents $500K Check to City of Springfield, Missouri, for Brownfields Job Training Grant

• Release Date: January 10, 2023

Jackson County, Missouri, Area Achieves Ambient Air Standard for Sulfur Dioxide

EPA, states, counties and cities work together to bring KC metro cleaner air

EPA News Release: Jackson County, Missouri, Area Achieves Ambient Air Standard for Sulfur Dioxide

• Release Date: January 31, 2022

Jefferson County, Missouri, Area Achieves Ambient Air Standard for Sulfur Dioxide

EPA News Release: Jefferson County, Missouri, Area Achieves Ambient Air Standard for Sulfur Dioxide

• Release Date: January 31, 2022

EPA Region 7 Recognizes Mid-America Regional Council for Promoting Sustainable Food Management Principles

Food Recovery Challenge honors MARC’s Solid Waste Management District in KC

EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Recognizes Mid-America Regional Council for Promoting Sustainable Food Management Principles

• Release Date: January 27, 2022

Live Nation’s Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre in Maryland Heights, Missouri, Wins 2020 WasteWise Award

EPA News Release: Live Nation’s Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre in Maryland Heights, Missouri, Wins 2020 WasteWise Award

• Release Date: January 28, 2022

Hy-Vee Cherokee Distribution Center in Cherokee, Iowa, Wins 2020 WasteWise Award

EPA News Release: Hy-Vee Cherokee Distribution Center in Cherokee, Iowa, Wins 2020 WasteWise Award

• Release Date: January 28, 2022

Northern Natural Gas Company in Omaha, Nebraska, Wins 2020 and 2021 WasteWise Awards

EPA News Release: Northern Natural Gas Company in Omaha, Nebraska, Wins 2020 and 2021 WasteWise Awards

• Release Date: January 28, 2022

EPA Honors Sprouts Farmers Market’s Food Rescue Program with National Food Recovery Challenge Award

Overland Park, Kansas, Sprouts location has almost 1,300% increase in food rescue and recovery

EPA News Release: EPA Honors Sprouts Farmers Market’s Food Rescue Program with National Food Recovery Challenge Award

• Release Date: January 27, 2022