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• EPA issues first ever underground injection permits for carbon sequestration in California

  Carbon sequestration will be used at Kern County site to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and mitigate climate change

  EPA News Release: EPA issues first ever underground injection permits for carbon sequestration in California

  • Release Date: December 31, 2024

• EPA and Department of Energy announce $345M to reduce methane pollution from the oil and gas sector in Colorado and Wyoming 

  Colorado State University, Pioneer Energy Inc, and Blue Mountain Operations among awardees receiving $850M nationwide  

  EPA News Release: EPA and Department of Energy announce $345M to reduce methane pollution from the oil and gas sector in Colorado and Wyoming 

  • Release Date: December 23, 2024

• EPA and US Department of Energy Announce $850M to Reduce Methane Pollution from the Oil and Gas Sector

  Grant selectees from EPA’s Southeastern Region include M2X Energy, Inc. of Rockledge, Florida and the University of Kentucky Research Foundation in Lexington, Kentucky

  EPA News Release: EPA and US Department of Energy Announce $850M to Reduce Methane Pollution from the Oil and Gas Sector

  • Release Date: December 20, 2024

• US Environmental Protection Agency and US Department of Energy Announce $850M to Reduce Methane Pollution from the Oil and Gas Sector

  Funding from President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda Builds on More Than 100 Cross-Government Actions That Are Sharply Reducing Methane Pollution in Support of Clean Air, Good Jobs, and Climate Action

  EPA News Release: US Environmental Protection Agency and US Department of Energy Announce $850M to Reduce Methane Pollution from the Oil and Gas Sector

  • Release Date: December 20, 2024

• EPA Announces Over $10M to St. Louis Public Schools for Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles

  Seventy applicants tentatively selected to receive funding for over 2,400 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: EPA Announces Over $10M to St. Louis Public Schools for Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles

  • Release Date: December 11, 2024

• EPA’s Annual Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Results Include Strongest Outcomes Since 2017

  Revitalized enforcement and compliance efforts delivered public health benefits for people and communities, combatted climate change, and ensured cleaner air, water and land

  EPA News Release: EPA’s Annual Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Results Include Strongest Outcomes Since 2017

  • Release Date: December 5, 2024

• Jefferson County, Missouri, Area Achieves Ambient Air Standard for Sulfur Dioxide

  EPA News Release: Jefferson County, Missouri, Area Achieves Ambient Air Standard for Sulfur Dioxide

  • Release Date: January 31, 2022

• Jackson County, Missouri, Area Achieves Ambient Air Standard for Sulfur Dioxide

  EPA, states, counties and cities work together to bring KC metro cleaner air

  EPA News Release: Jackson County, Missouri, Area Achieves Ambient Air Standard for Sulfur Dioxide

  • Release Date: January 31, 2022

• EPA Region 7 Recognizes Mid-America Regional Council for Promoting Sustainable Food Management Principles

  Food Recovery Challenge honors MARC’s Solid Waste Management District in KC

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Recognizes Mid-America Regional Council for Promoting Sustainable Food Management Principles

  • Release Date: January 27, 2022

• EPA Region 7 Recognizes Hartley Elementary School in Lincoln Public School District with Food Recovery Challenge Award

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Recognizes Hartley Elementary School in Lincoln Public School District with Food Recovery Challenge Award

  • Release Date: January 27, 2022

• EPA Honors Sprouts Farmers Market’s Food Rescue Program with National Food Recovery Challenge Award

  Overland Park, Kansas, Sprouts location has almost 1,300% increase in food rescue and recovery

  EPA News Release: EPA Honors Sprouts Farmers Market’s Food Rescue Program with National Food Recovery Challenge Award

  • Release Date: January 27, 2022

• EPA Region 7 Recognizes Iowa Waste Reduction Center, Eat Greater Des Moines in EPA’s Food Recovery Challenge

  Organizations battle food insecurity through Sustainable Food Management

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Recognizes Iowa Waste Reduction Center, Eat Greater Des Moines in EPA’s Food Recovery Challenge

  • Release Date: January 27, 2022

• Quad Cities’ Food Rescue Partnership Receives National Food Recovery Challenge Award

  Agency has been instrumental in diverting over 26 tons of food from landfills

  EPA News Release: Quad Cities’ Food Rescue Partnership Receives National Food Recovery Challenge Award

  • Release Date: January 27, 2022

• EPA Region 7 Honors K-State PPI and Shawnee Mission East High School in Prairie Village, Kansas, for Sustainable Food Management Practices

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Honors K-State PPI and Shawnee Mission East High School in Prairie Village, Kansas, for Sustainable Food Management Practices

  • Release Date: January 27, 2022

• EPA Announces Effort to Help Bring Climate-Friendly New Chemicals to Market to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Effort to Help Bring Climate-Friendly New Chemicals to Market to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

  • Release Date: January 21, 2022