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• EPA Announces More Than $700,000 to Bandera County, TX, Group for Recycling Education and Outreach Projects as Part of America Recycles Day

  On America Recycles Day, EPA announces grants under President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, funded in part by the largest recycling investment in 30 years

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the Bandera County Committee on Aging will receive a $704,736 Recycling Education and Outreach (REO) grant to educate surrounding communities about recycling.

  • Release Date: November 30, 2023

• EPA Awards Nearly $500,000 to Texas Organization to improve Air Quality in the Houston Area

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded $498,813 to the Achieving Community Tasks Successfully (ACTS) for a citizen science project to monitor hazardous air pollutants stemming from local pollution sources in Houston.

  • Release Date: November 29, 2023

• EPA Announces More than $3.5 Million for Texas Environmental Justice Projects As Part of Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America Agenda

  Six grantees 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 President Biden’s Inflation Reduction

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $3,578,356 to fund six Texas projects in Dallas, the Houston area, and a Border community near El Paso that advance environmental justice as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda.

  • Release Date: November 16, 2023

• EPA Awards $750,000 for Research Grants to Texas A&M University

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $750,000 in research grant funding to go towards the Texas A&M university to develop and evaluate innovative methods.

  • Release Date: November 17, 2022

• EPA Awards $749,926 for Research Grants to the University of Houston

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $749,926 in research grant funding to the University of Houston to develop and evaluate innovative methods.

  • Release Date: November 17, 2022

• EPA Awards Nearly $741,054 in Research Grants to the University of Texas at Austin

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a grant to the University of Texas at Austin totaling $741,054 for research to refine the measurement of benefits of water quality improvements.

  • Release Date: November 17, 2022

• Construction Begins for Southern Impoundment Cleanup at San Jacinto River Waste Pits Superfund Site

  Construction for the final remedy has begun for part of the San Jacinto River Waste Pits Superfund site in Harris County, Texas, just east of Houston.

  • Release Date: November 14, 2022

• EPA Announces Austin-Based Lemi Shine Among 2022 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award Winners

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is recognizing Lemi Shine as an outstanding Safer Choice Formulator Product Manufacturer. Lemi Shine has prioritized educating consumers about how products that are safer for human health and the environment.

  • Release Date: November 7, 2022

• EPA Announces Texas Organizations to Receive Over $3 Million for Air Monitoring Projects

  Largest investment for community air monitoring in EPA history funded by President Biden’s Climate and Economic Plans

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that six Texas organizations will receive $3,050,010 from President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act and American Rescue Plan to enhance air quality monitoring in marginalized communities.

  • Release Date: November 3, 2022

• EPA Announces Removal Action at the Lane Plating Superfund Site in Dallas, Texas

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing a removal action at the Lane Plating Works, Inc., Superfund site that includes demolishing the former electroplating facility and excavating contaminated soil.

  • Release Date: November 3, 2022

• EPA, Congressmembers Announce Dallas Independent School District Clean School Bus Funding

  Officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Dallas Independent School District (DISD) and three members of the North Texas congressional delegation gathered yesterday to celebrate DISD’s funding through EPA’s Clean School Bus Program.

  • Release Date: November 2, 2022

• EPA, City of Dallas Recognize Lead Poisoning Prevention Week at West Dallas Community Center

  EPA News Release: EPA, City of Dallas Recognize Lead Poisoning Prevention Week at West Dallas Community Center

  • Release Date: October 27, 2022

• EPA Announces $50 Million in Clean School Bus Funding for School Districts in Texas

  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: EPA Announces $50 Million in Clean School Bus Funding for School Districts in Texas

  • Release Date: October 26, 2022

• EPA Celebrates Children’s Health Month, Announces Grant to Study Farm Worker Family Health in El Paso

  Historic levels of funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act will go towards protecting children

  Recently, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a grant to the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso

  • Release Date: October 6, 2022

• EPA to Hold Community Meeting in Athens, Texas, on Health Risks from Ethylene Oxide Emissions

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is committed to reducing health risks toxic air pollution and is working to update and strengthen Clean Air Act standards for commercial sterilizers to achieve that goal.

  • Release Date: September 13, 2022