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• EPA Announces Progress with Environmental Justice Communities, Including the Heartland

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Progress with Environmental Justice Communities, Including the Heartland

  • Release Date: January 15, 2021

• EPA Publishes Midwest Region’s 2019 Annual Toxics Release Inventory Report and Analysis

  In 2019, 89% of the chemical waste managed at facilities in Region 7 was not released into the environment

  EPA News Release: EPA Publishes Midwest Region’s 2019 Annual Toxics Release Inventory Report and Analysis

  • Release Date: January 13, 2021

• EPA Invites Three Kansas City Metropolitan Area Cities and Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Apply for WIFIA Loans to Improve Water Quality

  Four of 55 new projects to provide water infrastructure upgrades for 30 million Americans, while creating over 40,000 jobs

  EPA News Release: EPA Invites Three Kansas City Metropolitan Area Cities and Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Apply for WIFIA Loans to Improve Water Quality

  • Release Date: January 12, 2021

• EPA Issues Stop Sale Orders for Unregistered ‘Outlaw Germ Justice Disinfectant Wipes’

  EPA News Release: EPA Issues Stop Sale Orders for Unregistered ‘Outlaw Germ Justice Disinfectant Wipes’

  • Release Date: January 12, 2021

• EPA Announces $280 Million Water Infrastructure Loan to City of Wichita, Kansas

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $280 Million Water Infrastructure Loan to City of Wichita, Kansas

  • Release Date: April 27, 2020

• 18 Kansas School Districts Receive $460,000 to Help Purchase Buses to Lower Diesel Emissions

  EPA News Release: 18 Kansas School Districts Receive $460,000 to Help Purchase Buses to Lower Diesel Emissions

  • Release Date: April 23, 2020

• Three Kansas City Organizations Earn Regional Awards for Making Significant Progress in Reducing Food Waste in America

  Mid-America Regional Council Solid Waste District, Rising Star Elementary, and Johnson County Department of Health and Environment among EPA Food Recovery Challenge participants recognized for outstanding achievement

  EPA News Release: Three Kansas City Organizations Earn Regional Awards for Making Significant Progress in Reducing Food Waste in America

  • Release Date: April 23, 2020

• 23 Missouri School Districts, One Transportation Company Receive $1.03 Million to Help Purchase Buses to Lower Diesel Emissions

  EPA News Release: 18 Kansas School Districts Receive $460,000 to Help Purchase Buses to Lower Diesel Emissions

  • Release Date: April 23, 2020

• Kickapoo Nation School Students in Kansas Win EPA Environmental Award, as EPA Celebrates Earth Day and Environmental Education

  EPA News Release: Kickapoo Nation School Students in Kansas Win EPA Environmental Award, as EPA Celebrates Earth Day and Environmental Education

  • Release Date: April 23, 2020

• EPA Celebrates 50th Earth Day at Home and Online

  EPA News Release: EPA Celebrates 50th Earth Day at Home and Online

  • Release Date: April 22, 2020

• Sand Creek Station Golf Course Near Newton, Kansas, Recognized as WasteWise National Partner of the Year Honorable Mention

  EPA News Release: Sand Creek Station Golf Course Near Newton, Kansas, Recognized as WasteWise National Partner of the Year Honorable Mention

  • Release Date: April 20, 2020

• EPA Region 7 Transfers Personal Protective Equipment to FEMA

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Transfers Personal Protective Equipment to FEMA

  • Release Date: April 17, 2020

• EPA at 50: EPA Reflects on 50 Years of Earth Day

  EPA News Release: EPA at 50: EPA Reflects on 50 Years of Earth Day

  • Release Date: April 16, 2020

• EPA Awards Kansas $472,000 to Test for Lead in School Drinking Water

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Kansas $472,000 to Test for Lead in School Drinking Water

  • Release Date: April 8, 2020