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• EPA Region 7 Grantee Seeks to Decrease Children’s Exposure to Lead and Pesticides in Vulnerable St. Louis Communities

  Children’s Mercy researcher and team will conduct outreach activities aimed at improving environmental conditions that promote positive health outcomes

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Grantee Seeks to Decrease Children’s Exposure to Lead and Pesticides in Vulnerable St. Louis Communities

  • Release Date: February 28, 2024

• EPA Region 7 Presents Two St. Louis Metro School Districts with Checks Totaling Nearly $16M for Clean School Bus Grants

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Presents Two St. Louis Metro School Districts with Checks Totaling Nearly $16M for Clean School Bus Grants

  • Release Date: February 27, 2024

• EPA Files Complaint for Rat Poison Sold in Plastic Baggies in St. Louis

  EPA News Release: EPA Files Complaint for Rat Poison Sold in Plastic Baggies in St. Louis

  • Release Date: February 22, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $119M for Missouri Drinking Water, Wastewater and Stormwater Infrastructure Upgrades, as Part of President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda

  Unprecedented funding from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is transforming communities across the state

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $119M for Missouri Drinking Water, Wastewater and Stormwater Infrastructure Upgrades, as Part of President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: February 20, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $80M for Iowa Drinking Water, Wastewater and Stormwater Infrastructure Upgrades, as Part of President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda

  Unprecedented funding from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is transforming communities across the state

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $80M for Iowa Drinking Water, Wastewater and Stormwater Infrastructure Upgrades, as Part of President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: February 20, 2024

• EPA Region 7 Announces $180K Funding Opportunity for Regional Source Reduction Assistance

  Pollution prevention projects eligible for funding

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Announces $180K Funding Opportunity for Regional Source Reduction Assistance

  • Release Date: February 16, 2024

• EPA Region 7 Presents $458K Check to Cornerstones of Care for Brownfields Job Training Grant in KCMO

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Presents $458K Check to Cornerstones of Care for Brownfields Job Training Grant in KCMO

  • Release Date: February 1, 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

• Hy-Vee Cherokee Distribution Center in Cherokee, Iowa, Wins 2020 WasteWise Award

  EPA News Release: Hy-Vee Cherokee Distribution Center in Cherokee, Iowa, Wins 2020 WasteWise Award

  • Release Date: January 28, 2022

• Live Nation’s Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre in Maryland Heights, Missouri, Wins 2020 WasteWise Award

  EPA News Release: Live Nation’s Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre in Maryland Heights, Missouri, Wins 2020 WasteWise Award

  • Release Date: January 28, 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 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 Announces Virtual Public Listening Session March 3 on Draft Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Announces Virtual Public Listening Session March 3 on Draft Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities

  • Release Date: January 26, 2022