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• EPA Region 7 Announces Environmental Justice Grant Funding for Eight Community-Driven Projects in Missouri and Nebraska

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Announces Environmental Justice Grant Funding for Eight Community-Driven Projects in Missouri and Nebraska

  • Release Date: December 16, 2021

• EPA Region 7 Announces Opportunity to Apply for Farmer to Farmer Grant Funding

  $12 million available for historically underserved farm-focused projects in Gulf of Mexico watershed

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Announces Opportunity to Apply for Farmer to Farmer Grant Funding

  • Release Date: December 14, 2021

• EPA Announces Appointment of Meg McCollister as Regional Administrator for EPA Region 7

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Appointment of Meg McCollister as Regional Administrator for EPA Region 7

  • Release Date: December 9, 2021

• EPA Announces Over $63 Million in 2022 Water Infrastructure Funding for Nebraska

  Administrator announces Bipartisan Infrastructure Law allocations, calls for prioritizing underserved communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Over $63 Million in 2022 Water Infrastructure Funding for Nebraska

  • Release Date: December 2, 2021

• KCMO’s Metropolitan Energy Center Awarded Over $1.4 Million to Reduce Diesel Emissions in Six Regional Cities

  EPA News Release: KCMO’s Metropolitan Energy Center Awarded Over $1.4 Million to Reduce Diesel Emissions in Six Regional Cities

  • Release Date: November 22, 2021

• EPA Recognizes Omaha Freight Industry Leader for Environmental Performance

  EPA News Release: EPA Recognizes Omaha Freight Industry Leader for Environmental Performance

  • Release Date: October 27, 2021

• EPA Region 7 Partners with University of Kansas Health System to Promote Safer Management of Bed Bugs and Other Pests at Health Care Facilities

  Sept. 21 webinar will highlight new Integrated Pest Management Toolkit

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Partners with University of Kansas Health System to Promote Safer Management of Bed Bugs and Other Pests at Health Care Facilities

  • Release Date: September 8, 2021

• EPA Announces $263,000 Grant for Nebraska to Improve Drinking Water for Underserved, Disadvantaged Communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $263,000 Grant for Nebraska to Improve Drinking Water for Underserved, Disadvantaged Communities

  • Release Date: August 27, 2021

• Lincoln, Nebraska, Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird Appointed Chair of EPA’s Local Government Advisory Committee

  Ferguson, Missouri, Mayor Ella Jones appointed to Local Government Advisory Committee and Small Community Advisory Subcommittee

  EPA News Release: Lincoln, Nebraska, Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird Appointed Chair of EPA’s Local Government Advisory Committee

  • Release Date: August 25, 2021

• EPA Launches Mobile CyANWeb App to Expand Data Availability Beyond the CyAN Android™ App

  Kansas scientists provide harmful algal blooms research and testing

  EPA News Release: EPA Launches Mobile CyANWeb App to Expand Data Availability Beyond the CyAN Android™ App

  • Release Date: August 3, 2021

• EPA Awards Four Nebraska School Districts $100,000 for Older Diesel Bus Replacement

  $10.5 million to clean up 473 school buses in 40 states

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Four Nebraska School Districts $100,000 for Older Diesel Bus Replacement

  • Release Date: April 20, 2021

• EPA Announces Four 2020 ENERGY STAR® Certified Manufacturing Plants in Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Four 2020 ENERGY STAR® Certified Manufacturing Plants in Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska

  • Release Date: March 18, 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