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• Prevent Lung Cancer by Testing Your Home for Radon

  EPA News Release: Prevent Lung Cancer by Testing Your Home for Radon

  • Release Date: January 2, 2025

• EPA and US Department of Energy Announce $850M to Reduce Methane Pollution from the Oil and Gas Sector

  Grant selectees from EPA’s Southeastern Region include M2X Energy, Inc. of Rockledge, Florida and the University of Kentucky Research Foundation in Lexington, Kentucky

  EPA News Release: EPA and US Department of Energy Announce $850M to Reduce Methane Pollution from the Oil and Gas Sector

  • Release Date: December 20, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $125 Million to Upgrade Older Diesel Engines to Cleaner and Zero-Emission Solutions that are Better for Our Communities

  Greater Washington Region Clean Cities Coalition in Kentucky to receive $689,772 to replace sixteen municipal on-road and nonroad utility vehicles with ten new vehicles equipped with Selective Catalytic Reduction

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $125 Million to Upgrade Older Diesel Engines to Cleaner and Zero-Emission Solutions that are Better for Our Communities

  • Release Date: October 18, 2024

• EPA cracks down on Louisville-based seller of automobile emissions ‘defeat devices’ that increase air pollution

  EPA News Release: EPA cracks down on Louisville-based seller of automobile emissions ‘defeat devices’ that increase air pollution

  • Release Date: June 4, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $6,350,000 in Rebates for Clean School Buses Across Kentucky as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $6,350,000 in Rebates for Clean School Buses Across Kentucky as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: May 29, 2024

• EPA invests $3B into clean ports

  EPA opens two grant competitions funding zero-emission port equipment, infrastructure and planning to tackle the climate crisis, reduce pollution and advance environmental justice

  EPA News Release: EPA invests $3B into clean ports

  • Release Date: February 29, 2024

• EPA to host a community meeting for Calvert City, KY, residents about air monitoring study

  EPA News Release: EPA to host a community meeting for Calvert City, KY, residents about air monitoring study

  • Release Date: January 23, 2024

• EPA approves Kentucky’s Ozone Redesignation Request and Maintenance Plan for the Northern Kentucky portion of the Cincinnati OH-KY 2015 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) Nonattainment Area

  EPA News Release: EPA approves Kentucky’s Ozone Redesignation Request and Maintenance Plan for the Northern Kentucky portion of the Cincinnati OH-KY 2015 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) Nonattainment Area

  • Release Date: October 5, 2023

• Community Air Pollution Monitoring Projects in Idaho and Other States to Receive $500,000 in EPA Funding

  EPA News Release: Community Air Pollution Monitoring Projects in Idaho and Other States to Receive $500,000 in EPA Funding

  • Release Date: November 3, 2022

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces over $26 million from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program for Kentucky School Districts

  Historic investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law headed to all 50 states in effort to transform America’s school bus fleet

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces over $26 million from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program for Kentucky School Districts

  • Release Date: October 27, 2022

• Idaho School Districts receive $5 Million from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program

  Historic investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law headed to all 50 states in effort to transform America’s school bus fleets

  EPA News Release: Idaho School Districts receive $5 Million from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program

  • Release Date: October 26, 2022

• EPA Announces $1.13 Million in Regional Source Reduction Assistance Grant Opportunities

  Priorities include reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, environmental justice

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $1.13 Million in Regional Source Reduction Assistance Grant Opportunities

  • Release Date: May 27, 2022

• EPA Awards Rebates Totaling $17 Million to Fund School Buses that Reduce Diesel Emissions and Protect Children’s Health

  Kentucky Public Schools to receive $800 Thousand for Diesel Emissions Reduction Projects

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Rebates Totaling $17 Million to Fund School Buses that Reduce Diesel Emissions and Protect Children’s Health

  • Release Date: March 10, 2022

• New EPA Toxics Release Inventory Data Show Decline in Releases of Certain Toxic Chemicals; Includes New Features to Make Data More Accessible to Communities in the Southeast Region

  EPA News Release: New EPA Toxics Release Inventory Data Show Decline in Releases of Certain Toxic Chemicals; Includes New Features to Make Data More Accessible to Communities in the Southeast Region

  • Release Date: March 3, 2022

• EPA Anonse Sesyon Ekout Piblik sou Pwojè Estrateji pou Redwi Ekspozisyon nan Plon ak Disparisyon nan Kominote Etazini yo

  EPA News Release: EPA Anonse Sesyon Ekout Piblik sou Pwojè Estrateji pou Redwi Ekspozisyon nan Plon ak Disparisyon nan Kominote Etazini yo

  • Release Date: January 27, 2022