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• Biden-Harris Administration Selects Philanthropy Northwest to receive $50 Million to fund environmental justice projects across the Pacific Northwest and Alaska

  EPA selects regional Grantmaker to reduce barriers to federal funds and award thousands of environmental justice grants over the next three years

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Selects Philanthropy Northwest to receive $50 Million to fund environmental justice projects across the Pacific Northwest and Alaska

  • Release Date: December 20, 2023

• EPA awards nearly $3M in grants to address environmental concerns in Yakima Valley

  Hosts grants workshop to highlight additional funding opportunities

  EPA News Release: EPA awards nearly $3M in grants to address environmental concerns in Yakima Valley

  • Release Date: December 12, 2023

• EPA recognizes U.S. Finishing/ Cone Mills Superfund Site for Excellence in Site Reuse Award

  EPA News Release: EPA recognizes U.S. Finishing/ Cone Mills Superfund Site for Excellence in Site Reuse Award

  • Release Date: December 7, 2023

• Media Advisory: U.S. Finishing/Cone Mills receives EPA’s Excellence in Site Re-Use Award

  EPA News Release: Media Advisory: U.S. Finishing/Cone Mills receives EPA’s Excellence in Site Re-Use Award

  • Release Date: December 5, 2023

• Electron Hydro to pay $1 million Clean Water Act penalty for 2020 artificial turf, tire crumb discharge into Puyallup River

  EPA News Release: Electron Hydro to pay $1 million Clean Water Act penalty for 2020 artificial turf, tire crumb discharge into Puyallup River

  • Release Date: November 21, 2023

• EPA Announces $150 Million to Fund Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants for Alaska Native Villages

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $150 Million to Fund Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants for Alaska Native Villages

  • Release Date: November 21, 2023

• EPA awards $38M for re-use, recycling, composting infrastructure and outreach projects in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest

  Grant programs part of largest state, tribal and community recycling investment in 30 years

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $38M for re-use, recycling, composting infrastructure and outreach projects in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest

  • Release Date: November 15, 2023

• EPA awards Oregon DEQ over $4.5M to improve Klamath County air quality

  EPA News Release: EPA awards Oregon DEQ over $4.5M to improve Klamath County air quality

  • Release Date: November 9, 2023

• EPA penalizes Boise company $74,000 for asbestos violations 

  EPA News Release: EPA penalizes Boise company $74,000 for asbestos violations 

  • Release Date: November 8, 2023

• EPA penalizes Town of Coulee Dam over $70,000 for Clean Water Act violations

  Wastewater plant failed to meet basic requirements of pollutant discharge permit

  EPA News Release: EPA penalizes Town of Coulee Dam over $70,000 for Clean Water Act violations

  • Release Date: October 26, 2023

• MEDIA ADVISORY: EPA to Recognize Charleston, South Carolina Superfund Site for Excellence in Reuse

  EPA News Release: MEDIA ADVISORY: EPA to Recognize Charleston, South Carolina Superfund Site for Excellence in Reuse

  • Release Date: October 26, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration announces $1.5 million for Environmental Justice projects in communities across South Carolina 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 $1.5 million for Environmental Justice projects in communities across South Carolina as part of Investing in America agenda

  • Release Date: October 25, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Selects Clemson University to Receive $768,950 Pollution Prevention Grant to Advance Environmental Justice

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Selects Clemson University to Receive $768,950 Pollution Prevention Grant to Advance Environmental Justice

  • Release Date: October 12, 2023

• EPA penalizes Oregon lumber company nearly $50,000 for Clean Water Act violations 

  EPA News Release: EPA penalizes Oregon lumber company nearly $50,000 for Clean Water Act violations 

  • Release Date: October 12, 2023

• EPA announces $4.6b in pollution reduction grants for Pacific Northwest, Alaska  

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $4.6b in pollution reduction grants for Pacific Northwest, Alaska  

  • Release Date: September 20, 2023