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• EPA and Philanthropy Northwest welcome applications for new $40M environmental justice grants program

  EPA News Release: EPA and Philanthropy Northwest welcome applications for new $40M environmental justice grants program

  • Release Date: October 31, 2024

• The University of Utah selected to receive $6.5M to reduce air pollution at schools in low-income, disadvantaged, and Tribal communities

  EPA News Release: The University of Utah selected to receive $6.5M to reduce air pollution at schools in low-income, disadvantaged, and Tribal communities

  • Release Date: August 22, 2024

• 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 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

• Biden-Harris Administration announces $2 million for Environmental Justice projects in communities across Utah as part of Investing in America Agenda 

  Projects 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 President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces $2 million for Environmental Justice projects in communities across Utah as part of Investing in America Agenda 

  • Release Date: October 24, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration announces $599,000 for Utah to reduce Lead in Schools and Childcare facilities through Investing in America Agenda

  President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law expanded the eligibility of WIIN funding to include remediating lead in water that children drink, in addition to testing and compliance monitoring

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces $599,000 for Utah to reduce Lead in Schools and Childcare facilities through Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: August 1, 2023

• New upcoming grant opportunity to enhance Environmental Justice in EPA Region 8 communities

  EPA previews new grant opportunity for technical assistance for organizations and communities in the Region 8 states of CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, WY and 28 Tribes

  EPA News Release: New upcoming grant opportunity to enhance Environmental Justice in EPA Region 8 communities

  • Release Date: May 23, 2023

• EPA Selects University of Washington and Willamette Partnership to Serve as Technical Assistance Centers to Help Communities Access Historic Investments to Advance Environmental Justice

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects University of Washington and Willamette Partnership to Serve as Technical Assistance Centers to Help Communities Access Historic Investments to Advance Environmental Justice

  • Release Date: April 17, 2023

• EPA Announces $16 Million in Pollution Prevention Grants Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  Grants will support projects that advance environmental justice by preventing pollution in historically disadvantaged communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $16 Million in Pollution Prevention Grants Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  • Release Date: March 8, 2023

• EPA Region 10 Announces Virtual Listening Session on PFAS Strategic Roadmap

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 10 Announces Virtual Listening Session on PFAS Strategic Roadmap

  • Release Date: February 22, 2023

• EPA fines 22 home renovators and contractors for lead-based paint safety violations in Idaho and Washington

  EPA News Release: EPA fines 22 home renovators and contractors for lead-based paint safety violations in Idaho and Washington

  • Release Date: October 24, 2022

• EPA Awards $750,000 Pollution Prevention Grants to Oregon, Idaho and the Knik Tribal Council, Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $750,000 Pollution Prevention Grants to Oregon, Idaho and the Knik Tribal Council, Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  • Release Date: October 19, 2022

• EPA Regional Administrator to tout brownfields investments in Portland low-income housing

  Agency has provided Oregon with $8.3 million to revitalize blighted sites

  EPA News Release: EPA Regional Administrator to tout brownfields investments in Portland low-income housing

  • Release Date: August 11, 2022

• EPA Announces $8.3 Million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds to Revitalize Communities in Oregon

  Funds part of a $254 Million Nationwide effort to tackle polluted Brownfield sites

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $8.3 Million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds to Revitalize Communities in Oregon

  • Release Date: May 12, 2022