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• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $100 Million for the organization Metroplan to Develop Community-Driven Solutions to Cut Climate Pollution Across Arkansas and Oklahoma

  Funded by President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda, EPA announces selected applications through competitive Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program to tackle climate change, improve air quality, and advance environmental justice

  As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Metroplan will receive $99,999,999 from the Climate Pollution Reduction Grant.

  • Release Date: July 23, 2024

• EPA Region 6 Announces Oklahoma Teacher as Winner of the Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 is pleased to announce the Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators (PIAEE) winner is Shannon Chatwin from Owasso High School located in Owasso, Oklahoma.

  • Release Date: July 16, 2024

• EPA Awards Oklahoma $360,000 to Protect Children from Lead in Drinking Water

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Oklahoma $360,000 to Protect Children from Lead in Drinking Water

  • Release Date: October 29, 2021

• EPA Announces Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes to Receive $300,000 in Brownfields Cleanup Funding

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes to Receive $300,000 in Brownfields Cleanup Funding

  • Release Date: June 17, 2021

• EPA Announces $330,000 to Okla. Dept. of Environmental to Cleanup and Redevelop Contaminated Brownfield Sites

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $330,000 to Okla. Dept. of Environmental to Cleanup and Redevelop Contaminated Brownfield Sites

  • Release Date: June 16, 2021

• EPA Announces Over $877,000 to Oklahoma State Univ. for Farm-Focused Project to Improve Environmental Outcomes

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Over $877,000 to Oklahoma State Univ. for Farm-Focused Project to Improve Environmental Outcomes

  • Release Date: June 16, 2021

• EPA Will Help Wyandotte Nation, Tulsa’s Restoration Collective Revitalize Neighborhoods by Developing Local Food Systems

  EPA News Release: EPA Will Help Wyandotte Nation, Tulsa’s Restoration Collective Revitalize Neighborhoods by Developing Local Food Systems

  • Release Date: June 3, 2021

• EPA Announces Oklahoma City to Receive $300,000 in Brownfields Assessment Funding

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Oklahoma City to Receive $300,000 in Brownfields Assessment Funding

  • Release Date: June 1, 2021

• U.S. EPA Honors 2021 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year Award Winner in Oklahoma

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Honors 2021 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year Award Winner in Oklahoma

  • Release Date: April 13, 2021

• EPA Announces Koch Fertilizer in Enid, Okla., Among 2020 ENERGY STAR® Certified Manufacturing Plants

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Koch Fertilizer in Enid, Okla., Among 2020 ENERGY STAR® Certified Manufacturing Plants

  • Release Date: March 24, 2021

• EPA Region 6 Releases 2020 Year in Review

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 6 Releases 2020 Year in Review

  • Release Date: January 19, 2021

• EPA publishes 2019 Annual Toxics Release Inventory report; releases from Region 6 facilities down by six percent since 2018

  Includes data for Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas

  EPA News Release: EPA publishes 2019 Annual Toxics Release Inventory report; releases from Region 6 facilities down by six percent since 2018

  • Release Date: January 13, 2021