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• Biden-Harris Administration Releases Draft National Strategy to Reduce Food Loss and Waste

  EPA, USDA, and FDA announce steps to reduce waste and increase recycling of organics to reduce climate pollution, save families and businesses money, and support a circular economy for all.

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Releases Draft National Strategy to Reduce Food Loss and Waste

  • Release Date: December 2, 2023

• EPA Takes Action to Protect People from PFAS that Leach from Plastic Containers into Pesticides and Other Products

  EPA News Release: EPA Takes Action to Protect People from PFAS that Leach from Plastic Containers into Pesticides and Other Products

  • Release Date: December 1, 2023

• EPA Proposes Stronger Rules to Protect People from Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic Chemical Exposures

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Stronger Rules to Protect People from Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic Chemical Exposures

  • Release Date: November 20, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces More than $90 Million in Tribal Recycling Infrastructure Projects and Recycling Education and Outreach Grants

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

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces More than $90 Million in Tribal Recycling Infrastructure Projects and Recycling Education and Outreach Grants

  • Release Date: November 15, 2023

• EPA Proposes Updates to Strengthen the Safer Choice Standard

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Updates to Strengthen the Safer Choice Standard

  • Release Date: November 13, 2023

• EPA Grants Tribal Petition to Protect Salmon from Lethal Chemical

  EPA News Release: EPA Grants Tribal Petition to Protect Salmon from Lethal Chemical

  • Release Date: November 2, 2023

• EPA Rebuilds Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program to Better Assess Human Endocrine Effects of Pesticides

  EPA News Release: EPA Rebuilds Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program to Better Assess Human Endocrine Effects of Pesticides

  • Release Date: October 26, 2023

• EPA Announces Winners of the 2023 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Winners of the 2023 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards

  • Release Date: October 23, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Proposes Ban on Trichloroethylene to Protect Public from Toxic Chemical Known to Cause Serious Health Risks

  Proposal aligns with President Biden’s Cancer Moonshot by reducing toxic exposures known to cause cancer

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Proposes Ban on Trichloroethylene to Protect Public from Toxic Chemical Known to Cause Serious Health Risks

  • Release Date: October 23, 2023

• EPA Finalizes Rule to Require Enhanced PFAS Reporting to the Toxics Release Inventory

  EPA News Release: EPA Finalizes Rule to Require Enhanced PFAS Reporting to the Toxics Release Inventory

  • Release Date: October 20, 2023

• EPA Proposes Rule to Strengthen TSCA Risk Evaluation Process to Protect Workers and Communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Rule to Strengthen TSCA Risk Evaluation Process to Protect Workers and Communities

  • Release Date: October 19, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Selects 24 Recipients to Receive Nearly $16 Million in Pollution Prevention Grants to Advance Environmental Justice

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Selects 24 Recipients to Receive Nearly $16 Million in Pollution Prevention Grants to Advance Environmental Justice

  • Release Date: October 12, 2023

• EPA Announces 2023 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award Winners

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces 2023 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award Winners

  • Release Date: October 2, 2023

• EPA Finalizes Rule to Require Reporting of PFAS Data to Better Protect Communities from Forever Chemicals

  EPA News Release: EPA Finalizes Rule to Require Reporting of PFAS Data to Better Protect Communities from Forever Chemicals

  • Release Date: September 28, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $235 Million Investment to Assess and Clean up Brownfield Sites Across America

  Latest funding is part of $1.5 billion investment through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to clean up brownfield sites, address legacy pollution, advance environmental justice, and spur economic revitalization

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $235 Million Investment to Assess and Clean up Brownfield Sites Across America

  • Release Date: September 26, 2023