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• EPA Launches “Be EPA” Recruitment Week: New Video Aims to Expand and Diversify Environmental Workforce and Inspire Next Generation of Environmental Leaders

  Whole-of-agency effort will expand EPA’s workforce, focusing on hiring a diverse and talented new generation of environmental professionals.

  EPA News Release: EPA Launches “Be EPA” Recruitment Week: New Video Aims to Expand and Diversify Environmental Workforce and Inspire Next Generation of Environmental Leaders

  • Release Date: January 31, 2024

• La EPA anuncia el primer Programa de Artistas en Residencia en asociación con el Fondo Nacional para las Artes

  Las estrategias artísticas y culturales apoyarán el progreso continuo en los cuerpos de agua más preciados en todo Estados Unidos

  Comunicado de Prensa de la EPA: La EPA anuncia el primer Programa de Artistas en Residencia en asociación con el Fondo Nacional para las Artes

  • Release Date: January 30, 2024

• EPA announces inaugural Artist-in-Residence Program in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts

  Arts and cultural strategies will support ongoing progress in treasured water bodies across America

  EPA News Release: EPA announces inaugural Artist-in-Residence Program in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts

  • Release Date: January 30, 2024

• United States Reaches Agreement with Guam Waterworks Authority Requiring Investment in Sewer System Infrastructure

  Settlement Will Address Significant Overflows and Illegal Discharges of Untreated Sewage into Coastal Waters

  EPA News Release: United States Reaches Agreement with Guam Waterworks Authority Requiring Investment in Sewer System Infrastructure

  • Release Date: January 30, 2024

• Oil Companies to Pay $7.4 Million in Civil Penalties to Resolve U.S. Claims for Pipeline Spill on Allotted Tribal Land

  Clean Water Act Settlement Addresses July 2022 Crude Oil Pipeline Rupture into Oklahoma’s Skull Creek

  EPA News Release: Oil Companies to Pay $7.4 Million in Civil Penalties to Resolve U.S. Claims for Pipeline Spill on Allotted Tribal Land

  • Release Date: January 30, 2024

• EPA Enforcement Prevents Multiple Illegal Imports of Super Climate Pollutant

  Cases Part of EPA’s National Initiative to Enforce U.S. Hydrofluorocarbon Phasedown to Mitigate Climate Change

  EPA News Release: EPA Enforcement Prevents Multiple Illegal Imports of Super Climate Pollutant

  • Release Date: January 29, 2024

• EPA, HUD, DOE Sign Joint Letter Asking Utility Companies to Make Energy and Water Usage Data Available for Multifamily Properties

  Leaders of three federal agencies join forces to seek data that will facilitate green upgrades to the nation’s housing stock

  EPA News Release: EPA, HUD, DOE Sign Joint Letter Asking Utility Companies to Make Energy and Water Usage Data Available for Multifamily Properties

  • Release Date: January 25, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces nearly $11M in grants for wildfire smoke preparedness in community buildings

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces nearly $11M in grants for wildfire smoke preparedness in community buildings

  • Release Date: January 23, 2024

• EPA Settlement Addresses Contractor’s Actions on Renovation TV Show Violating the Lead-Based Paint Rule

  Marrs Construction Co. Will Pay Penalty and Raise Awareness of Lead-Safe Work Practices Through Home Improvement Programming

  EPA News Release: EPA Settlement Addresses Contractor’s Actions on Renovation TV Show Violating the Lead-Based Paint Rule

  • Release Date: January 22, 2024

• Administrator Regan to Highlight Climate, Equity, and Youth Leadership in Visits to Mozambique and Ghana

  EPA News Release: Administrator Regan to Highlight Climate, Equity, and Youth Leadership in Visits to Mozambique and Ghana

  • Release Date: January 19, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces availability of $3 million in grants to establish National Stormwater Centers of Excellence

  EPA is seeking applications to establish National Stormwater Centers that will develop stormwater solutions

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces availability of $3 million in grants to establish National Stormwater Centers of Excellence

  • Release Date: January 19, 2024

• EPA kicks off in-person regional roadshows to help communities access historic Investing in America funding for local climate and environmental justice solutions

  New phase of EPA’s Community, Equity & Resiliency Initiative to launch in Albany, New York to help communities access unprecedented Inflation Reduction Act resources

  EPA News Release: EPA kicks off in-person regional roadshows to help communities access historic Investing in America funding for local climate and environmental justice solutions

  • Release Date: January 17, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Strengthens Safeguards to Protect Families and Children from Lead in Contaminated Soil at Residential Sites

  Utilizing updated, best available science, EPA lowers screening levels for the first time in 30 years

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Strengthens Safeguards to Protect Families and Children from Lead in Contaminated Soil at Residential Sites

  • Release Date: January 17, 2024

• Swinerton Builders Reaches Agreement to Address Clean Water Act Violations and Offset Environmental Harm at Solar Farm Construction Sites in Alabama, Idaho and Illinois

  Settlement Includes $2.3 Million Penalty and Mitigation Actions, Highlights Risks Posed by Inadequate Management of Stormwater During Construction of Large-Scale Solar Generating Facilities

  EPA News Release: Swinerton Builders Reaches Agreement to Address Clean Water Act Violations and Offset Environmental Harm at Solar Farm Construction Sites in Alabama, Idaho and Illinois

  • Release Date: January 17, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Proposed Rule to Reduce Wasteful Methane Emissions from the Oil and Gas Sector to Drive Innovation and Protect Communities

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Proposed Rule to Reduce Wasteful Methane Emissions from the Oil and Gas Sector to Drive Innovation and Protect Communities

  • Release Date: January 12, 2024