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• EPA Announces $50 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Initiatives Under the American Rescue Plan

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $50 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Initiatives Under the American Rescue Plan

  • Release Date: June 25, 2021

• EPA Announces $2.16 Million in Supplemental Funds to Clean Up and Revitalize Brownfield Sites in Maine

  Funds are part of $11.6 million awarded nationwide

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $2.16 Million in Supplemental Funds to Clean Up and Revitalize Brownfield Sites in Maine

  • Release Date: June 23, 2021

• Kawerak earns federal grant for hazardous waste ‘backhaul’ efforts in rural Alaska

  EPA News Release: Kawerak earns federal grant for hazardous waste ‘backhaul’ efforts in rural Alaska

  • Release Date: June 16, 2021

• EPA, Newark to Discuss Lead in Drinking Water

  EPA News Release: EPA, Newark to Discuss Lead in Drinking Water

  • Release Date: June 11, 2021

• EPA reaches settlement with landowners in Duchesne County, Utah to restore Duchesne River and floodplain on Uintah and Ouray Reservation

  Karl and David Lamb to restore portions of the Duchesne River and floodplain impacted by unpermitted construction activities

  EPA News Release: EPA reaches settlement with landowners in Duchesne County, Utah to restore Duchesne River and floodplain on Uintah and Ouray Reservation

  • Release Date: June 10, 2021

• Registration Open for Environmental Justice Academy in Dayton

  EPA and Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission Co-Sponsoring EJ Academy

  EPA News Release: Registration Open for Environmental Justice Academy in Dayton

  • Release Date: June 7, 2021

• EPA Commits to Helping Sacramento Food Hubs

  Three Sacramento area food hubs to lead downtown and neighborhood revitalization

  EPA News Release: EPA Commits to Helping Sacramento Food Hubs

  • Release Date: June 3, 2021

• Biden Administration Pledges to Assist City of Norfolk in Tackling Food Insecurity

  Project encourages community-led downtown and neighborhood revitalization, enhanced local economies and job creation, improved diet and health, and increased environment protection efforts

  EPA News Release: Biden Administration Pledges to Assist City of Norfolk in Tackling Food Insecurity

  • Release Date: June 3, 2021

• EPA Commits to Helping 13 Communities Revitalize Neighborhoods by Developing Local Food Systems

  The project encourages community-led downtown and neighborhood revitalization, enhanced local economies and job creation, improved diet and health, and increased environment protection efforts

  EPA News Release: EPA Commits to Helping 13 Communities Revitalize Neighborhoods by Developing Local Food Systems

  • Release Date: June 2, 2021

• EPA orders online marketplace to stop selling illegal pesticides

  Chalk, other illegal and mislabelled products pose serious risks to kids, elderly, pets

  EPA News Release: EPA orders online marketplace to stop selling illegal pesticides

  • Release Date: December 20, 2019

• EPA, BP settle hazardous waste violations at North Slope

  BP failed to maintain adequate insurance to protect third parties against damages from hazardous waste

  EPA News Release: EPA, BP settle hazardous waste violations at North Slope

  • Release Date: December 16, 2019

• EPA Appoints New Members to National Environmental Justice Advisory Council

  EPA News Release: EPA Appoints New Members to National Environmental Justice Advisory Council

  • Release Date: November 20, 2019

• EPA FY 19 Environmental Justice Report Shows Notable Progress in Vulnerable Communities

  EPA News Release: EPA FY 19 Environmental Justice Report Shows Notable Progress in Vulnerable Communities

  • Release Date: November 20, 2019

• EPA Announces Availability of $1.2 Million in Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Cooperative Agreements

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Availability of $1.2 Million in Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Cooperative Agreements

  • Release Date: November 13, 2019

• EPA awards environmental justice grants to communities and tribes in Alaska, Oregon and Washington

  Funding aims to empower underserved communities working on solutions to local environmental and public health issues

  EPA News Release: EPA awards environmental justice grants to communities and tribes in Alaska, Oregon and Washington

  • Release Date: November 5, 2019