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• EPA Announces Appointment of Senior Advisor for Equity to Help Advance Environmental Justice and Embed Equity in EPA Work

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Appointment of Senior Advisor for Equity to Help Advance Environmental Justice and Embed Equity in EPA Work

  • Release Date: March 30, 2022

• EPA Updates Superfund National Priorities List to Clean Up Pollution, Address Public Health Risks, and Build a Better America

  EPA Proposes to Add Brillo Landfill Site in Cayuga County, New York to Superfund List

  EPA News Release: EPA Updates Superfund National Priorities List to Clean Up Pollution, Address Public Health Risks, and Build a Better America

  • Release Date: March 17, 2022

• EPA Updates Superfund National Priorities List to Clean Up Pollution, Address Public Health Risks, and Build a Better America

  EPA Adds Meeker Avenue Plume Site in Brooklyn, New York to the Superfund List

  EPA News Release: EPA Updates Superfund National Priorities List to Clean Up Pollution, Address Public Health Risks, and Build a Better America

  • Release Date: March 17, 2022

• EPA Awards Rebates Totaling $17 Million to Fund Clean School Buses that Reduce Diesel Emissions and Protect Children’s Health (NY)

  Three Entities in New York Receiving Funding to Replace 22 Old Diesel Buses

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Rebates Totaling $17 Million to Fund Clean School Buses that Reduce Diesel Emissions and Protect Children’s Health (NY)

  • Release Date: March 10, 2022

• New EPA Toxics Release Inventory Data Show Facilities in New York Continue to Reduce Releases of Certain Toxic Chemicals

  2020 Analysis Includes New Features to Make Data More Accessible to Communities

  EPA News Release: New EPA Toxics Release Inventory Data Show Facilities in New York Continue to Reduce Releases of Certain Toxic Chemicals

  • Release Date: March 4, 2022

• EPA Applauds Electronics Industry Leaders for Recycling Achievements

  LG Electronics USA, Inc. and Samsung Electronics in New Jersey, and Xerox Corporation in New York are Award Winners

  EPA News Release: EPA Applauds Electronics Industry Leaders for Recycling Achievements

  • Release Date: March 3, 2022

• President Biden, EPA $1 Billion Investment from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Will Accelerate Cleanup Efforts and Benefit New York

  EPA Projects Work to Be Completed at 22 of 25 Remaining Great Lakes “Areas of Concern” by 2030

  EPA News Release: President Biden, EPA $1 Billion Investment from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Will Accelerate Cleanup Efforts and Benefit New York

  • Release Date: February 17, 2022

• EPA Highlights Historic $106 Million Investment in Water Infrastructure Benefitting Long Island Sound

  EPA’s Long Island Sound Study Program to receive $106M over five years under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  EPA News Release: EPA Highlights Historic $106 Million Investment in Water Infrastructure Benefitting Long Island Sound

  • Release Date: February 16, 2022

• EPA Recognizes WasteWise Award Winners for Innovations in Waste Reduction

  EPA News Release: EPA Recognizes WasteWise Award Winners for Innovations in Waste Reduction

  • Release Date: February 3, 2022

• EPA’s Food Recovery Challenge Awardees Showcase Ways to Tackle Largest Category of Waste in Landfills

  EPA News Release: EPA’s Food Recovery Challenge Awardees Showcase Ways to Tackle Largest Category of Waste in Landfills

  • Release Date: February 3, 2022

• EPA Announces $3.8 Million in Grants to Train Environmental Workers for Jobs Created by Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding, including Three Grants to New York Organizations

  EPA selects 19 organizations to receive Brownfields Job Training Grants to boost workforce training in underserved, overburdened communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $3.8 Million in Grants to Train Environmental Workers for Jobs Created by Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding, including Three Grants to New York Organizations

  • Release Date: February 2, 2022