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• Biden-Harris Administration Announce $890,000 to the Tennessee Department for Environment and Conservation’s Office of Energy Programs for Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  One Tennessee applicant selected to receive funding for three zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles, along with infrastructure and workforce development projects, to tackle climate change, reduce air pollution, and advance environmental justice

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announce $890,000 to the Tennessee Department for Environment and Conservation’s Office of Energy Programs for Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: December 12, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Protects Communities from Lead in Drinking Water, Announces $41,912,000 in Funding to Tennessee to Provide Clean Water to Schools and Homes

  EPA announces new final regulations and new funding under the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda for clean drinking water

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Protects Communities from Lead in Drinking Water, Announces $41,912,000 in Funding to Tennessee to Provide Clean Water to Schools and Homes

  • Release Date: October 9, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $34,403,346 in Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants in Alabama and Tennessee

  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: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $34,403,346 in Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants in Alabama and Tennessee

  • Release Date: July 29, 2024

• EPA selects Ivy Academy to receive $100,000 to support environmental education across Tennessee

  EPA News Release: EPA selects Ivy Academy to receive $100,000 to support environmental education across Tennessee

  • Release Date: July 9, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Tennessee to Receive $156,120,000 to Deliver Residential Solar, Lowering Energy Costs and Advancing Environmental Justice Across Tennessee

  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 Tennessee to Receive $156,120,000 to Deliver Residential Solar, Lowering Energy Costs and Advancing Environmental Justice Across Tennessee

  • Release Date: April 22, 2024

• EPA Region 4 Solicits Applications for the 2024 Pollution Prevention Recognition Program

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 4 Solicits Applications for the 2024 Pollution Prevention Recognition Program

  • Release Date: April 17, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces over $124 million for Tennessee drinking water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure upgrades as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda

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

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces over $124 million for Tennessee drinking water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure upgrades as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda

  • Release Date: February 23, 2024

• Southside Chattanooga Lead Site press event showcases cleanup progress through Bipartisan Infrastructure Law investment

  EPA News Release: Southside Chattanooga Lead Site press event showcases cleanup progress through Bipartisan Infrastructure Law investment

  • Release Date: January 22, 2024

• MEDIA ADVISORY: EPA to highlight over $56 million in BIL funding for Southside Chattanooga Lead Site cleanup at press event

  EPA News Release: MEDIA ADVISORY: EPA to highlight over $56 million in BIL funding for Southside Chattanooga Lead Site cleanup at press event

  • Release Date: January 19, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces more than $2.4 million for Environmental Justice Projects in Communities Across Tennessee as part of investing in America agenda

  Selections announced as part of largest investments through EPA’s Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem Solving Cooperative Agreement and Environmental Justice Government-to-Government grant programs funded by Inflation Reduction Act

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces more than $2.4 million for Environmental Justice Projects in Communities Across Tennessee as part of investing in America agenda

  • Release Date: October 25, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration invests more than $592,253 in Tennessee Recycling Infrastructure Projects Through Investing in America Agenda

  EPA grants funded in part by largest recycling investment in 30 years under President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration invests more than $592,253 in Tennessee Recycling Infrastructure Projects Through Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: September 13, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $33,705,000 for Clean Water Infrastructure Upgrades Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in Tennessee

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $33,705,000 for Clean Water Infrastructure Upgrades Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in Tennessee

  • Release Date: February 24, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $26,676,000 in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding to Address Emerging Contaminants like PFAS in Drinking Water in Tennessee

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $26,676,000 in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding to Address Emerging Contaminants like PFAS in Drinking Water in Tennessee

  • Release Date: February 15, 2023

• MEDIA ADVISORY: EPA to hold Press Event announcing the start of Remedial Actions at the Smokey Mountain Smelters Site in Knoxville, TN

  EPA News Release: MEDIA ADVISORY: EPA to hold Press Event announcing the start of Remedial Actions at the Smokey Mountain Smelters Site in Knoxville, TN

  • Release Date: February 10, 2023

• MEDIA ADVISORY: EPA to hold Public Meeting to Discuss the Smokey Mountain Smelters Site Cleanup in Knoxville, TN 

  EPA News Release: MEDIA ADVISORY: EPA to hold Public Meeting to Discuss the Smokey Mountain Smelters Site Cleanup in Knoxville, TN 

  • Release Date: February 9, 2023