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• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $100 Million in Seven California Environmental Justice Community Change Grants

  EPA announces initial selections for the $2 billion national Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grant program, the largest single environmental justice investment in history, delivered by the Biden-Harris Investing in America agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $100 Million in Seven California Environmental Justice Community Change Grants

  • Release Date: July 25, 2024

• Los Angeles Ranks First in the Nation for ENERGY STAR Certified Buildings

  San Francisco and Riverside make top 10, cutting energy costs while increasing efficiency, tackling climate change and reducing air pollution

  EPA News Release: Los Angeles Ranks First in the Nation for ENERGY STAR Certified Buildings

  • Release Date: May 22, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $250 Million to Deliver Residential Solar, Lowering Energy Costs and Advancing Environmental Justice Across California

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

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $250 Million to Deliver Residential Solar, Lowering Energy Costs and Advancing Environmental Justice Across California

  • Release Date: April 22, 2024

• EPA Names Los Angeles as 2023 Top City for ENERGY STAR Certified Buildings

  San Francisco also makes top five in U.S., cutting energy costs while increasing efficiency and reducing emissions

  EPA News Release: EPA Names Los Angeles as 2023 Top City for ENERGY STAR Certified Buildings

  • Release Date: April 26, 2023

• EPA Awards Florence Fang Community Farm in San Francisco’s Bayview $75,000 Environmental Justice Grant to Increase Food Access

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Florence Fang Community Farm in San Francisco’s Bayview $75,000 Environmental Justice Grant to Increase Food Access

  • Release Date: June 28, 2022

• EPA Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Recycle City Educational Initiative

  Online games provide teachers and students with environmental learning resources

  EPA News Release: EPA Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Recycle City Educational Initiative

  • Release Date: April 21, 2022

• EPA Fines Owner of San Joaquin Valley Almond Orchard for Clean Water Act Violations, Orders Restoration of Wetlands

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Owner of San Joaquin Valley Almond Orchard for Clean Water Act Violations, Orders Restoration of Wetlands

  • Release Date: February 8, 2022

• U.S. EPA Fines Pesticide Application Company TriCal $44,275 for Pesticide Misuse

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Fines Pesticide Application Company TriCal $44,275 for Pesticide Misuse

  • Release Date: November 18, 2021

• U.S. EPA Penalizes Four California Facilities More Than $800,000 for Clean Air Act Chemical Safety Violations

  Under settlements, facility owners will pay fines, make safety improvements

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Penalizes Four California Facilities More Than $800,000 for Clean Air Act Chemical Safety Violations

  • Release Date: September 9, 2021

• EPA Announces two Northern California Winners of President’s Student Environmental Awards

  Watsonville, Calif. student group and Pleasanton, Calif. student among those recognized in a virtual ceremony by EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan and White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Brenda Mallory

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces two Northern California Winners of President’s Student Environmental Awards

  • Release Date: August 16, 2021

• Three Northern California Cities Within Top 25 in ENERGY STAR Certified Buildings Nationwide

  San Francisco comes in at #3, San Jose and Sacramento in Top 25

  EPA News Release: Three Northern California Cities Within Top 25 in ENERGY STAR Certified Buildings Nationwide

  • Release Date: June 16, 2021

• Southern California Cities Lead Nation in ENERGY STAR Certified Buildings Rankings

  Los Angeles takes first place nationwide, with San Diego and Riverside in Top 15

  EPA News Release: Southern California Cities Lead Nation in ENERGY STAR Certified Buildings Rankings

  • Release Date: June 15, 2021

• EPA Commits to Helping Sacramento Food Hubs

  Three Sacramento area food hubs to lead downtown and neighborhood revitalization

  EPA News Release: EPA Commits to Helping Sacramento Food Hubs

  • Release Date: June 3, 2021

• U.S. EPA Honors 2021 ENERGY STAR® Partners of the Year Award Winners in Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Nevada

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Honors 2021 ENERGY STAR® Partners of the Year Award Winners in Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Nevada

  • Release Date: April 13, 2021

• U.S. EPA to Support Farmworker Safety Training in the Pacific Southwest Through Funding National Farmworker Programs Association

  $2.5 million to be awarded nation-wide

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA to Support Farmworker Safety Training in the Pacific Southwest Through Funding National Farmworker Programs Association

  • Release Date: November 18, 2020