Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) NEW BEDFORD, MASS. — Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) New England Regional Administrator David Cash joined elected officials and school leaders in New Bedford to celebrate the award of 14 zero emission school buses to the City of New Bedford. The buses were part of nearly […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) BOSTON (May 25, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $13,790,000 from President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda to expedite the assessment and cleanup of brownfields sites in Massachusetts while advancing environmental justice. EPA selected 14 communities in Massachusetts to receive 14 grants totaling […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) BOSTON (May 25, 2023) – Today , the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $16,222,850 from President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda to expedite the assessment and cleanup of brownfields sites in Maine while advancing environmental justice. EPA selected 14 communities in Maine to receive 14 grants […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) San Miguel County: Janet Kask, Parks & Open Space Director, 970-369-5469, janetk@sanmiguelcountyco.gov Telluride, Colo. (May 25, 2023) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced San Miguel County, Colorado, will receive a $500,000 Brownfields Assessment Grant to conduct environmental site assessments, develop clean-up plans and inventory contaminated […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Bulletin Contact: David Piantanida (piantanida.david@epa.gov) (720) 661-7482 DENVER (May 23, 2023) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Region 8 Office is previewing an upcoming grant competition for a Region 8 focused Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Center (EJ TCTAC) to help Region 8 communities and other environmental […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Wealthy democracies rev up an effort to spend trillions on a new climate-friendly energy economy, while stealing away some of China’s manufacturing power. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/us/politics/biden-industrial-policy.html
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ATLANTA (May 18, 2023) – At an event yesterday at the Michelle Obama STEM Elementary Academy in Hampton, Georgia, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 Administrator Daniel Blackman highlighted the availability of at least $400 million in grants for cleaner school buses across the country. Eligible applicants […]
Published by the Department of the Interior The Department of the Interior this week convened the Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Committee (STAC), marking the first time the group has met in-person. The two-day meeting follows the bi-annual online sessions that have occurred following the establishment of the STAC last year. Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/secretarys-tribal-advisory-committee-convenes-first-person-meeting
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON (May 17, 2023) — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice announced a Clean Air Act Settlement with BP Products North America Inc., (BPP), a subsidiary of BP p.l.c., requiring control technology expected to reduce benzene by an estimated seven tons […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Yesterday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan and Peace Corps Director Carol Spahn convened for a ceremonial signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the two agencies to broaden and strengthen institutional ties and create opportunities for cooperation related to strategic […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a settlement with Daiso California LLC that resolves violations of the law for the company’s sale of wet wipes that were not registered with EPA. Daiso will pay a $602,386 penalty to settle these violations. The company […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment U.S.-based manufacturers of solar products say rules issued by the Biden administration on Friday will “cement China’s dominance” over the solar industry. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/12/us/politics/solar-tax-credits.html
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of $30 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for restoration projects that advance environmental justice in underserved and overburdened communities across the Great Lakes. Thanks to President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda, EPA has published a request […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) DALLAS, TEXAS (May 9th, 2023) –The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved the “treatment in a similar manner as a state” (TAS) application from the Pueblo of San Felipe. This approval of the TAS application means that the Pueblo of San Felipe is authorized to administer the […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and its co-sponsors, American Public Health Association, the Educational Partnerships for Innovation in Communities – Network (EPIC-N), Environmental Defense Fund, Environmental Justice journal, and Groundwork USA, announced the Phase 2 winners of the Environmental Justice (EJ) Video Challenge for […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SEATTLE (May 4, 2023) – Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, and western Washington Tribes kicked-off the first meeting of the Puget Sound Federal Leadership Task Force, mandated by Congress in 2022 to coordinate the federal government’s […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced proposed federal baseline water quality standards for waterbodies on Indian reservations that do not have Clean Water Act standards, ensuring protections for over half a million people living on Indian reservations as well as critical aquatic ecosystems. Fifty […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will hold a public meeting on May 10 to discuss the upcoming cleanup of Zone 1 of the USS Lead Superfund site which encompasses the now-demolished West Calumet Housing Complex, a portion of Goodman Park and a utility corridor in East Chicago, Indiana. […]
Published by the Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland and his team wrapped up a weeklong tour of Alaska today where he highlighted investments being made through the President’s Investing in America agenda to advance Tribal climate resilience and combat the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous peoples. Read the full […]
Published by the Department of the Interior The Department of the Interior and National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) today announced a new inter-agency partnership to expand the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative through the collection of oral histories and digitization of records documenting the experiences of survivors and descendants of federal Indian boarding school policies. […]