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• EPA Announces $280K in Environmental Education Funding for Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri Organizations

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $280K in Environmental Education Funding for Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri Organizations

  • Release Date: July 31, 2024

• EPA Region 7 Presents $500K Brownfields Check to Schuyler Community Development in Nebraska

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Presents $500K Brownfields Check to Schuyler Community Development in Nebraska

  • Release Date: July 24, 2024

• EPA Region 7 Joins City of Lincoln Lead Water Service Line Replacement Kickoff Event in Nebraska

  Program is funded through EPA’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law allocations to the Nebraska Drinking Water State Revolving Fund

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Joins City of Lincoln Lead Water Service Line Replacement Kickoff Event in Nebraska

  • Release Date: July 23, 2024

• EPA Announces $307M for Community-Driven Solutions to Cut Climate Pollution Across Nebraska

  Funded by President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda, EPA announces 25 selected applications through the competitive Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program to tackle climate change, improve air quality, and advance environmental justice

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $307M for Community-Driven Solutions to Cut Climate Pollution Across Nebraska

  • Release Date: July 22, 2024

• EPA Region 7 Presents Flint Hills Regional Council with $1.5M Check for Brownfields Grant in Kansas

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Presents Flint Hills Regional Council with $1.5M Check for Brownfields Grant in Kansas

  • Release Date: July 19, 2024

• EPA Announces Over $1.3M to Support Clean U.S. Manufacturing of Construction Materials Across Missouri

  Grants from President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act will support the renewal of American manufacturing by helping businesses produce low-carbon materials

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Over $1.3M to Support Clean U.S. Manufacturing of Construction Materials Across Missouri

  • Release Date: July 16, 2024

• EPA Region 7 Invites Public to Attend Virtual Environmental Justice Community Stakeholder Meeting

  The Feb. 22 outreach event will enable attendees to learn more about Region 7’s environmental justice efforts

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Invites Public to Attend Virtual Environmental Justice Community Stakeholder Meeting

  • Release Date: January 31, 2024

• La Región 7 de la EPA invita al público a asistir a una reunión virtual de partes interesadas de la comunidad sobre justicia ambiental

  El evento de difusión del 22 de febrero permitirá a los asistentes obtener más información sobre las iniciativas de justicia ambiental de la Región 7

  EPA News Release: La Región 7 de la EPA invita al público a asistir a una reunión virtual de partes interesadas de la comunidad sobre justicia ambiental

  • Release Date: January 31, 2024

• EPA Region 7 Presents $1.7M Check to City of Lincoln, Nebraska, for Recycling Education and Outreach Grant

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Presents $1.7M Check to City of Lincoln, Nebraska, for Recycling Education and Outreach Grant

  • Release Date: January 25, 2024

• EPA Fines Omaha Chemical Manufacturing Facility for Alleged Violations of Multiple Environmental Laws

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Omaha Chemical Manufacturing Facility for Alleged Violations of Multiple Environmental Laws

  • Release Date: January 24, 2024

• La EPA multa a la instalación de fabricación química de Omaha por presuntas violaciones de varias leyes ambientales

  EPA News Release: La EPA multa a la instalación de fabricación química de Omaha por presuntas violaciones de varias leyes ambientales

  • Release Date: January 24, 2024

• EPA Strengthens Safeguards to Protect Families and Children from Lead in Contaminated Soil at Residential Sites in Region 7

  Utilizing updated, best available science, EPA lowers nationwide screening levels for the first time in 30 years, impacting sites in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska

  EPA News Release: EPA Strengthens Safeguards to Protect Families and Children from Lead in Contaminated Soil at Residential Sites in Region 7

  • Release Date: January 17, 2024

• EPA Administrator Reappoints Leaders from Lincoln, Nebraska, and Willow Springs, Missouri, to National Advisory Committee

  First time in Local Government Advisory Committee’s history that membership will have female majority

  EPA News Release: EPA Administrator Reappoints Leaders from Lincoln, Nebraska, and Willow Springs, Missouri, to National Advisory Committee

  • Release Date: January 11, 2024

• EPA Fines Harvard, Nebraska, Company for Alleged Chemical Risk Prevention Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Harvard, Nebraska, Company for Alleged Chemical Risk Prevention Violations

  • Release Date: January 11, 2024

• EPA Selects Kansas State University to Receive $4M in Grant Funding to Provide Technical Assistance to Tribal Nations and Entities Addressing Brownfields

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects Kansas State University to Receive $4M in Grant Funding to Provide Technical Assistance to Tribal Nations and Entities Addressing Brownfields

  • Release Date: January 10, 2024