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• EPA Announces a $425,000 Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem Solving Grant to Children’s Environmental Literacy Foundation

  Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing the Children’s Environmental Literacy Foundation (CELF) is receiving $425,616.

  • Release Date: April 25, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Two Texas Groups will Receive Over $405 Million to Deliver Residential Solar, Lowering Energy Costs and Advancing Environmental Justice

  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

  As the Biden-Harris Administration celebrates Earth week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the Texas Solar For All Coalition will receive $249.7 million and the Clean Energy Fund of Texas will receive $156.120 million.

  • Release Date: April 23, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources to receive over $156 million to deliver residential solar, lowering energy costs and advancing environmental justice across Massachusetts

  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 Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources to receive over $156 million to deliver residential solar, lowering energy costs and advancing environmental justice across Massachusetts

  • Release Date: April 22, 2024

• EPA New England issues three air permits for offshore wind farm projects

  EPA News Release: EPA New England issues three air permits for offshore wind farm projects

  • Release Date: April 16, 2024

• EPA Awards $1.275M to Advance Resilience in Disadvantaged Communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $1.275M to Advance Resilience in Disadvantaged Communities

  • Release Date: April 8, 2024

• EPA Announces a $4,000,000 Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling Grant to the City of Austin

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing that the City of Austin will receive a Solid Waste Infrastructure Grant (SWIFR) of $4,000,000 to construct and maintain a new reuse warehouse.

  • Release Date: March 27, 2024

• EPA Analysis shows 2022 decrease of toxic chemical releases in Massachusetts

  Toxic chemical releases have declined 21% nationally in 10 years according to new Toxics Release Inventory data

  EPA News Release: EPA Analysis shows 2022 decrease of toxic chemical releases in Massachusetts

  • Release Date: March 26, 2024

• EPA New England honors 2024 ENERGY STAR Winners in Conn., Mass. and N.H.

  EPA News Release: EPA New England honors 2024 ENERGY STAR Winners in Conn., Mass. and N.H.

  • Release Date: March 26, 2024

• Public meeting scheduled to update community on a final design plan and a monitoring and maintenance plan for Upland Disposal Facility

  EPA News Release: Public meeting scheduled to update community on a final design plan and a monitoring and maintenance plan for Upland Disposal Facility

  • Release Date: March 18, 2024

• EPA Settles Chemical Accident Prevention Case in New Bedford

  EPA News Release: EPA Settles Chemical Accident Prevention Case in New Bedford

  • Release Date: March 15, 2024

• EPA's Southeast New England Program announces additional $1.25M request for proposals to advance resilience in disadvantaged communities

  EPA News Release: EPA's Southeast New England Program announces additional $1.25M request for proposals to advance resilience in disadvantaged communities

  • Release Date: March 4, 2024

• $5.8 million for 15 Clean School Buses awarded to Worcester Public Schools

  EPA News Release: $5.8 million for 15 Clean School Buses awarded to Worcester Public Schools

  • Release Date: March 4, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces new cleanup project in Texas as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a site in Happy, Texas, will receive several million dollars from the third and final wave of more than $1 billion for cleanup projects across the country.

  • Release Date: February 28, 2024

• EPA takes action against three New England companies for Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act violations 

  Massachusetts and Connecticut companies will pay penalties for reporting violations

  EPA News Release: EPA takes action against three New England companies for Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act violations 

  • Release Date: February 26, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces $358,980,000 for Texas to Upgrade Drinking Water, Wastewater and Stormwater Infrastructure as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda

  Unprecedented funding from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is transforming communities across the state

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $358,980,000 from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda for Texas to implement drinking water and clean water infrastructure upgrades.

  • Release Date: February 22, 2024