Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SALT LAKE CITY – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has selected three Utah groups to receive funding to conduct air quality monitoring in communities across Davis and Salt Lake Counties. These grants are among 132 air monitoring projects in 37 states that will receive $53.4 […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) MONTGOMERY, Ala. (November 3, 2022) — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has selected the Southern Research Institute to receive funding to conduct community air quality monitoring in two Birmingham communities. The grant is one of 132 air monitoring projects in 37 states will receive $53.4 million from […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) LENEXA, KAN. (NOV. 3, 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a $740,014 grant to the University of Missouri, in Columbia, Missouri, to conduct research with community partners to assess how different populations value water quality improvements and aquatic resources in Midwestern reservoirs. The University of Missouri […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced four community air pollution monitoring projects in Alaska will receive $1,357,563 in funding to enhance air quality monitoring. The projects are among 132 air monitoring projects in 37 states to receive $53.4 million in funding from the Inflation Reduction Act […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (November 3, 2022) — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has selected the National Coalition of 100 Black Women – Central Florida Chapter Inc., the Hillsborough County Metropolitan Planning Organization, and the Miami -Dade County/Solid Waste Management to receive funding to conduct community air quality monitoring […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency selected the East Chicago Calumet Coalition Community Advisory Group Inc. to receive funding to conduct community air quality monitoring in Indiana. The grant is one of 132 air monitoring projects in 37 states that will receive $53.4 million from President Biden’s […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Native American tribes are competing for the first federal grants designed to help move communities away from high water and other dangers posed by climate change. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/02/climate/native-tribes-relocation-climate.html
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency held its first meeting with the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community in Michigan to begin a technical assistance project funded by the American Rescue Plan. EPA and KBIC officials met to discuss risks to human health and the environment from contaminated waste and […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Around the United States, middle school science standards have minimal references to climate change and teachers on average spend just a few hours a year teaching it. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/01/climate/middle-school-education-climate-change.html
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced 26 Safer Choice Partner of the Year award winners across 14 states and the District of Columbia, recognizing their achievements in the design, manufacture, selection, and use of products with safer chemicals. The Safer Choice program helps consumers […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ATLANTA (November 1, 2022) — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 office is recognizing three Safer Choice Partner of the Year award winners for achievement in the design, manufacture, selection, and use of products with safer chemicals. The Safer Choice program helps consumers and purchasers for facilities, […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) NEW YORK – The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) is transforming how New York City children get to school, accelerating the transition to zero-emission vehicles, and producing cleaner air for our communities. That is the message delivered today by EPA Deputy Regional Administrator Walter Mugdan, Mayor Eric Adams, and […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ORANGEBURG, SC (Nov 1, 2022) – Today at an event in Orangeburg, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that the Orangeburg County School District (OSCD) will receive $6,320,000 in funding for Clean School Bus Program rebates. The funds will allow the district to purchase 16 electric school […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON — The city of Lakewood, Ohio, has agreed to perform work that will significantly reduce discharges of untreated sewage from its sewer system into Lake Erie and the Rocky River. The settlement is set forth in an interim partial consent decree that was filed today in federal […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WELLS, MAINE (October 31, 2022) — Flanked by local officials, parents and school children, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) New England Regional Administrator David Cash announced the Biden-Harris Administration’s Fiscal Year 2022 recipients of EPA’s Clean School Bus Program rebate competition, including $13,340,000 from President Biden’s Bipartisan […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) DENVER – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is providing the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) with $411,440 in Pollution Prevention (P2) grants to support state programs as they work with businesses to prevent or reduce pollution and reduce costs. CDPHE is one of […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) LENEXA, KAN. (OCT. 28, 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unveiled its historic National Lead Strategy before a cooperative agreement renewal ceremony with the Douglas County Health Department today in Omaha, Nebraska. Omaha was once home to a large lead smelter and lead battery recycling plant […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $748,180 in research grant funding to three institutions for research to improve our understanding of how people are exposed to per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in several communities throughout the country. “Recognizing that exposure to PFAS is a […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its Lagoon Wastewater Treatment Action Plan and announced nearly $2 million in research grant funding to accelerate innovative and alternative wastewater treatment technologies in lagoon and pond systems serving small communities. Through research grants and the first ever […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) RALEIGH, NC (October 27, 2022) – On October 26, 2022, the Biden-Harris Administration announced the Fiscal Year 2022 recipients of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean School Bus Program rebate competition, awarding over $12 million from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to 5 school districts in […]