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• EPA recognizes $7.7 million grant to The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians for greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction measures

  Estimated direct greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions from this funding are expected to be around 41,413 metric tons of CO2 equivalent (CO2e) over the period from 2025 to 2050

  EPA News Release: EPA recognizes $7.7 million grant to The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians for greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction measures

  • Release Date: November 4, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $1,845,783 of Clean Ports Investments in Mississippi as Part of Investing America Agenda

  EPA’s Clean Ports Program to fund 55 zero-emission port equipment, infrastructure, and planning projects across the nation to tackle climate change, reduce air pollution, promote good jobs, and advance environmental justice

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $1,845,783 of Clean Ports Investments in Mississippi as Part of Investing America Agenda

  • Release Date: October 31, 2024

• EPA to recognize $7.7 million grant to The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians for greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction measures

  EPA News Release: EPA to recognize $7.7 million grant to The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians for greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction measures

  • Release Date: October 30, 2024

• EPA announces public comment period for a NPDES permit modification for Ocean Era off the Florida coast

  Comments must be received by November 25, 2024

  EPA News Release: EPA announces public comment period for a NPDES permit modification for Ocean Era off the Florida coast

  • Release Date: October 25, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $33,922,000 for Water Infrastructure in Mississippi Through Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $33,922,000 for Water Infrastructure in Mississippi Through Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: October 24, 2024

• EPA Seeks Applications for 2025 President’s Environmental Student and Teacher Awards

  EPA News Release: EPA Seeks Applications for 2025 President’s Environmental Student and Teacher Awards

  • Release Date: October 15, 2024

• Community input needed for City of Jackson drinking water system

  EPA News Release: Community input needed for City of Jackson drinking water system

  • Release Date: September 26, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces the University of Mississippi as the recipient of $749,476 to support Clean U.S. Manufacturing of Construction Materials

  Grants from President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act will support the renewal of American manufacturing by helping businesses produce low-carbon materials

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces the University of Mississippi as the recipient of $749,476 to support Clean U.S. Manufacturing of Construction Materials

  • Release Date: July 17, 2024

• EPA Selects Mississippi State University Extension to receive $100,000 in funding to support Environmental Education in Jackson and across Mississippi

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects Mississippi State University Extension to receive $100,000 in funding to support Environmental Education in Jackson and across Mississippi

  • Release Date: July 9, 2024

• EPA to Award $9.75 Million in Grants to Support Water Quality Monitoring and Protect the Health of Beachgoers

  Southeastern States to receive more than $1.8 Million of the funding total

  EPA News Release: EPA to Award $9.75 Million in Grants to Support Water Quality Monitoring and Protect the Health of Beachgoers

  • Release Date: June 13, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces National Strategy to Reduce Food Loss and Waste and Recycle Organics

  Joint efforts will reduce waste, increase recycling of organics, reduce climate pollution, save families and businesses money, and support a circular economy for all 

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces National Strategy to Reduce Food Loss and Waste and Recycle Organics

  • Release Date: June 12, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $10,390,000 in Rebates for Clean School Buses Across Mississippi as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $10,390,000 in Rebates for Clean School Buses Across Mississippi as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: May 29, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces the Hope Enterprise Corporation to Receive $93,670,000 to Deliver Residential Solar, Lowering Energy Costs and Advancing Environmental Justice Across Mississippi

  EPA announces selectees under Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grant competition to deliver solar to low-income and disadvantaged households through the President’s Investing in America agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces the Hope Enterprise Corporation to Receive $93,670,000 to Deliver Residential Solar, Lowering Energy Costs and Advancing Environmental Justice Across Mississippi

  • Release Date: April 22, 2024

• EPA Region 4 Solicits Applications for the 2024 Pollution Prevention Recognition Program

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 4 Solicits Applications for the 2024 Pollution Prevention Recognition Program

  • Release Date: April 17, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration expands EPA program to bring wastewater sanitation services to 150 more underserved communities across Rural America

  Bolivar County plans sewer expansion project

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration expands EPA program to bring wastewater sanitation services to 150 more underserved communities across Rural America

  • Release Date: February 15, 2024