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• EPA announces $104M clean ports investments in Washington

  EPA’s Clean Ports Program to fund zero-emission port equipment, infrastructure, and planning projects to tackle climate change, reduce air pollution, and advance environmental justice

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $104M clean ports investments in Washington

  • Release Date: October 29, 2024

• Intalco to pay $5 million penalty for major Clean Air Act violations at former Ferndale smelter

  EPA News Release: Intalco to pay $5 million penalty for major Clean Air Act violations at former Ferndale smelter

  • Release Date: July 23, 2024

• EPA invests $3B into clean ports

  EPA opens two grant competitions funding zero-emission port equipment, infrastructure and planning to tackle the climate crisis, reduce pollution and advance environmental justice

  EPA News Release: EPA invests $3B into clean ports

  • Release Date: February 29, 2024

• EPA Cracks Down on Companies in California, New Jersey, Oregon, and Washington State for Selling Illegal Auto Parts that Avoid Pollution Controls

  EPA News Release: EPA Cracks Down on Companies in California, New Jersey, Oregon, and Washington State for Selling Illegal Auto Parts that Avoid Pollution Controls

  • Release Date: August 24, 2023

• EPA approves Washington’s Smoke Management Plan to allow strategic use of prescribed fires to manage forest health and protect air quality

  Updated plan provides more flexibility for managing prescribed burning while continuing to minimize air quality impacts from smoke.

  EPA News Release: EPA approves Washington’s Smoke Management Plan to allow strategic use of prescribed fires to manage forest health and protect air quality

  • Release Date: August 10, 2023

• Community Air Pollution Monitoring Projects in Washington to Receive Over $800,000 in EPA Funding

  $53 million for 132 local projects nationwide is EPA’s largest ever investment in community air monitoring

  EPA News Release: Community Air Pollution Monitoring Projects in Washington to Receive Over $800,000 in EPA Funding

  • Release Date: November 3, 2022

• Washington Schools Receive $2 Million from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program

  Historic investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law headed to all 50 states in effort to transform America’s school bus fleets

  EPA News Release: Washington Schools Receive $2 Million from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program

  • Release Date: October 26, 2022

• EPA to help schools in Oregon and Washington become Community Cleaner Air and Cooling Centers

  Schools will receive technical assistance to create cleaner air and neighborhood cooling refuges in vulnerable communities impacted by wildfire smoke and extreme heat events

  EPA News Release: EPA to help schools in Oregon and Washington become Community Cleaner Air and Cooling Centers

  • Release Date: November 1, 2021

• EPA issues report on health of Salish Sea

  EPA News Release: EPA issues report on health of Salish Sea

  • Release Date: July 14, 2021

• EPA levies $66k penalty against DDM Imports for illegal truck imports

  3rd case against Airway Heights, WA company

  EPA News Release: EPA levies $66k penalty against DDM Imports for illegal truck imports

  • Release Date: June 30, 2021

• EPA Announces $4.5 Million in Grants Available for Tribes to Replace Diesel Equipment and Reduce Harmful Emissions

  For the first time under this competition, matching funds are not required.

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $4.5 Million in Grants Available for Tribes to Replace Diesel Equipment and Reduce Harmful Emissions

  • Release Date: April 30, 2021

• EPA awards $615,000 to clean up school buses in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington communities

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $615,000 to clean up school buses in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington communities

  • Release Date: April 20, 2021

• Multistar pays $135,000 EPA penalty for violations of ammonia storage and risk management rules

  EPA News Release: Multistar pays $135,000 EPA penalty for violations of ammonia storage and risk management rules

  • Release Date: April 1, 2021

• EPA challenge seeks innovative solutions for reducing indoor air pollution from western wildfires

  EPA News Release: EPA challenge seeks innovative solutions for reducing indoor air pollution from western wildfires

  • Release Date: February 17, 2021

• EPA penalizes Shell for Anacortes refinery release

  Company pays $191,000 penalty for 2015 event that sickened locals

  EPA News Release: EPA penalizes Shell for Anacortes refinery release

  • Release Date: February 10, 2021