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• Biden-Harris Administration Announce $890,000 to the Tennessee Department for Environment and Conservation’s Office of Energy Programs for Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  One Tennessee applicant selected to receive funding for three zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles, along with infrastructure and workforce development projects, to tackle climate change, reduce air pollution, and advance environmental justice

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announce $890,000 to the Tennessee Department for Environment and Conservation’s Office of Energy Programs for Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: December 12, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Protects Communities from Lead in Drinking Water, Announces $41,912,000 in Funding to Tennessee to Provide Clean Water to Schools and Homes

  EPA announces new final regulations and new funding under the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda for clean drinking water

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Protects Communities from Lead in Drinking Water, Announces $41,912,000 in Funding to Tennessee to Provide Clean Water to Schools and Homes

  • Release Date: October 9, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $34,403,346 in Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants in Alabama and Tennessee

  EPA announces initial selections from $2 billion Inflation Reduction Act program - the largest single environmental justice investment in history – delivered by President Biden’s Investing in America agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $34,403,346 in Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants in Alabama and Tennessee

  • Release Date: July 29, 2024

• EPA selects Ivy Academy to receive $100,000 to support environmental education across Tennessee

  EPA News Release: EPA selects Ivy Academy to receive $100,000 to support environmental education across Tennessee

  • Release Date: July 9, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Tennessee to Receive $156,120,000 to Deliver Residential Solar, Lowering Energy Costs and Advancing Environmental Justice Across Tennessee

  EPA announces selectees under Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grant competition to deliver solar to low-income and disadvantaged households through the President’s Investing in America agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Tennessee to Receive $156,120,000 to Deliver Residential Solar, Lowering Energy Costs and Advancing Environmental Justice Across Tennessee

  • Release Date: April 22, 2024

• EPA Region 4 Solicits Applications for the 2024 Pollution Prevention Recognition Program

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 4 Solicits Applications for the 2024 Pollution Prevention Recognition Program

  • Release Date: April 17, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces more than $2.4 million for Environmental Justice Projects in Communities Across Tennessee 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 more than $2.4 million for Environmental Justice Projects in Communities Across Tennessee as part of investing in America agenda

  • Release Date: October 25, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration invests more than $592,253 in Tennessee Recycling Infrastructure Projects Through Investing in America Agenda

  EPA grants funded in part by largest recycling investment in 30 years under President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration invests more than $592,253 in Tennessee Recycling Infrastructure Projects Through Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: September 13, 2023

• City of Chattanooga, Tennessee Receives $500,000 in Supplemental Funds to Clean Up and Reuse Brownfield Sites

  Nationally, $11.6 Million in funding to Cleanup and Redevelop Contaminated Brownfield Sites in Communities Across the U.S

  EPA News Release: City of Chattanooga, Tennessee Receives $500,000 in Supplemental Funds to Clean Up and Reuse Brownfield Sites

  • Release Date: June 16, 2021

• EPA Awards East Tennessee Development District $600,000 a Brownfields Assessment Coalition Grant

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards East Tennessee Development District $600,000 a Brownfields Assessment Coalition Grant

  • Release Date: May 20, 2021

• EPA Selects Three Projects in Tennessee to Receive $1.5 Million for Brownfields Cleanup and Assessment

  The grant awards help underserved communities across the country Build Back Better and address Environmental Justice concerns

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects Three Projects in Tennessee to Receive $1.5 Million for Brownfields Cleanup and Assessment

  • Release Date: May 13, 2021

• EPA to Provide Building Blocks Assistance to Nolensville, Tennessee

  EPA News Release: EPA to Provide Building Blocks Assistance to Nolensville, Tennessee

  • Release Date: April 22, 2021

• U.S. EPA Invites Nashville’s Metro Water Services to Apply for a Total of $129 Million in Water Infrastructure Loans

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Invites Nashville’s Metro Water Services to Apply for a Total of $129 Million in Water Infrastructure Loans

  • Release Date: January 12, 2021

• EPA Awards $353,516 Grant to Shelby County to Fund Community-Scale Air Toxics Monitoring in Memphis, Tenn.

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $353,516 Grant to Shelby County to Fund Community-Scale Air Toxics Monitoring in Memphis, Tenn.

  • Release Date: September 28, 2020

• EPA Selects the Tennessee Department of Environmental Conservation to Receive $182,000 in Pollution Prevention Grants

  Nationally, EPA Selects over 40 Organizations to Receive $9.3 Million in Pollution Prevention Grants

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects the Tennessee Department of Environmental Conservation to Receive $182,000 in Pollution Prevention Grants

  • Release Date: September 23, 2020