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• EPA extends evaluation deadline of proposals to reduce PCB concentrations and/or toxicity at the GE-Pittsfield/Housatonic River Site

  EPA News Release: EPA extends evaluation deadline of proposals to reduce PCB concentrations and/or toxicity at the GE-Pittsfield/Housatonic River Site

  • Release Date: December 10, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Makes $965M Available to Fund Clean School Buses that Reduce Pollution, Save Money, and Protect Children's Health

  Latest funding opportunity under the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America agenda builds on nearly $3 billion already invested into clean school buses nationwide

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Makes $965M Available to Fund Clean School Buses that Reduce Pollution, Save Money, and Protect Children's Health

  • Release Date: September 26, 2024

• City of Springfield, Mass., selected to receive a nearly $20 million Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grant

  EPA announces initial selections from $2 billion Inflation Reduction Act program—the largest single environmental justice investment in history—delivered by President Biden's Investing in America agenda

  EPA News Release: City of Springfield, Mass., selected to receive a nearly $20 million Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grant

  • Release Date: July 25, 2024

• Massachusetts to benefit from a $450 million grant for community-driven solutions to cut climate pollution across New England

  Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources is part of a coalition selected by the EPA to receive a $450 million Climate Pollution Reduction Grant to tackle climate change, improve air quality, and advance environmental justice

  EPA News Release: Massachusetts to benefit from a $450 million grant for community-driven solutions to cut climate pollution across New England

  • Release Date: July 22, 2024

• EPA fines Gloucester, Mass. company for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act

  EPA News Release: EPA fines Gloucester, Mass. company for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act

  • Release Date: June 25, 2024

• EPA fines Newburyport, Mass. company for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act and Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act

  EPA News Release: EPA fines Newburyport, Mass. company for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act and Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act

  • Release Date: June 17, 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 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 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

• 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

• Breathe. Boston firm wins EPA clean indoor air challenge

  EPA News Release: Breathe. Boston firm wins EPA clean indoor air challenge

  • Release Date: February 22, 2024

• EPA and New England Aquarium spotlight the sunken treasure of Blue Carbon in climate resilience

  Aquarium temporary installation highlights collaborative research and critical carbon-capturing coastal environments of seagrass meadows and salt marshes

  EPA News Release: EPA and New England Aquarium spotlight the sunken treasure of Blue Carbon in climate resilience

  • Release Date: February 8, 2024

• EPA penalizes a Massachusetts chemical company for allegedly violating chemical safety law

  EPA News Release: EPA penalizes a Massachusetts chemical company for allegedly violating chemical safety law

  • Release Date: January 30, 2024

• Hyde Park, Mass. resident selected to join EPA's first-ever National Environmental Youth Advisory Council

  Marks the first time an EPA advisory committee features exclusively youth aged 16-29, charged with advising EPA on impacts of climate change and environmental harms

  EPA News Release: Hyde Park, Mass. resident selected to join EPA's first-ever National Environmental Youth Advisory Council

  • Release Date: November 16, 2023