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• Biden-Harris Administration Selects RTI International to Receive $100M to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across U.S., to Include Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  Grantmaker selected to reduce barriers to federal funds and issue thousands of environmental justice grants over the next three years

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Selects RTI International to Receive $100M to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across U.S., to Include Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: December 20, 2023

• Federal Partners Celebrate Construction of Centralized Wastewater System and Treatment Facility with City of Camden Point, Missouri

  U.S. Representative Sam Graves (MO-6), EPA, USDA, and HUD join recognition ceremony and groundbreaking event with Mayor Gloria Boyer

  EPA News Release: Federal Partners Celebrate Construction of Centralized Wastewater System and Treatment Facility with City of Camden Point, Missouri

  • Release Date: December 18, 2023

• EPA Announces $458K to Recruit and Train Missouri Workers for Community Revitalization and Cleanup Projects as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  Latest funding for EPA’s Brownfields Job Training Grants is supported by the President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and will boost workforce training in underserved and overburdened communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $458K to Recruit and Train Missouri Workers for Community Revitalization and Cleanup Projects as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: December 8, 2023

• EPA Fines Kansas City-Based CBD American Shaman LLC for Violating Federal Pesticide Law

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Kansas City-Based CBD American Shaman LLC for Violating Federal Pesticide Law

  • Release Date: December 6, 2023

• RESCHEDULED: EPA Partners with K-State to Host Community Input Session March 29 for Former Superfund Site in Holden, Missouri

  EPA News Release: RESCHEDULED: EPA Partners with K-State to Host Community Input Session March 29 for Former Superfund Site in Holden, Missouri

  • Release Date: March 24, 2022

• EPA Updates Officials on West Lake Landfill Investigation

  Search for radiologically impacted material continues

  EPA News Release: EPA Updates Officials on West Lake Landfill Investigation

  • Release Date: March 23, 2022

• KCK and KCMO Mayors Join EPA to Fight Radon Exposure

  21,000 people die from cancer caused by radon exposure each year in U.S.

  EPA News Release: KCK and KCMO Mayors Join EPA to Fight Radon Exposure

  • Release Date: March 16, 2022

• EPA Region 7 Selects Three Kansas City Area Winners of 2021 Harmful Algal Bloom Video Challenge

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Selects Three Kansas City Area Winners of 2021 Harmful Algal Bloom Video Challenge

  • Release Date: March 15, 2022

• 11 Missouri School Districts Receiving $535,000 in School Bus Rebate Opportunities

  EPA awards rebates totaling $17 million to fund clean school buses that reduce diesel emissions and protect children’s health

  EPA News Release: 11 Missouri School Districts Receiving $535,000 in School Bus Rebate Opportunities

  • Release Date: March 8, 2022

• Charleston, Missouri, School District Awarded School Bus Rebate Opportunities for New Electric and Diesel Replacements

  EPA awards rebates totaling $17 million to fund clean school buses that reduce diesel emissions and protect children’s health

  EPA News Release: Charleston, Missouri, School District Awarded School Bus Rebate Opportunities for New Electric and Diesel Replacements

  • Release Date: March 8, 2022

• New EPA Toxics Release Inventory Data Show Decline in Releases of Certain Toxic Chemicals

  Includes new features to make data more accessible to communities

  EPA News Release: New EPA Toxics Release Inventory Data Show Decline in Releases of Certain Toxic Chemicals

  • Release Date: March 3, 2022

• EPA Partners with K-State to Host Community Input Session March 10 for Former Superfund Site in Holden, Missouri

  EPA News Release: EPA Partners with K-State to Host Community Input Session March 10 for Former Superfund Site in Holden, Missouri

  • Release Date: March 1, 2022