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• Biden-Harris Administration announces nearly $69 million in awards for clean school buses across New York as part of Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces nearly $69 million in awards for clean school buses across New York as part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: January 8, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Selects Fordham University to Receive $50 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across EPA Region 2 as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  As an environmental justice Grantmaker, Fordham University will help reduce barriers to federal funds and issue thousands of environmental justice grants over the next three years

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Selects Fordham University to Receive $50 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across EPA Region 2 as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: December 20, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Major Grant to Recruit and Train Harlem, New York 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: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Major Grant to Recruit and Train Harlem, New York Workers for Community Revitalization and Cleanup Projects as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: December 8, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Major Grant to Recruit and Utica, New York 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: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Major Grant to Recruit and Utica, New York Workers for Community Revitalization and Cleanup Projects as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: December 8, 2023

• $12 Million in Grants Awarded to Improve the Environment of Long Island Sound

  39 grants awarded to projects in New England and New York

  EPA News Release: $12 Million in Grants Awarded to Improve the Environment of Long Island Sound

  • Release Date: December 4, 2023

• EPA Selects Camden, NJ and New York City Projects to Receive Recycling Education and Outreach Grants as Part of America Recycles Day

  On America Recycles Day and Anniversary of President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, EPA announces grants funded in part by the largest recycling investment in 30 years

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects Camden, NJ and New York City Projects to Receive Recycling Education and Outreach Grants as Part of America Recycles Day

  • Release Date: November 16, 2023

• EPA Selects Two New York Indian Nations to Receive Solid Waste Grants as part of America Recycles Day

  On America Recycles Day and Anniversary of President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, EPA announces grants funded in part by the largest recycling investment in 30 years

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects Two New York Indian Nations to Receive Solid Waste Grants as part of America Recycles Day

  • Release Date: November 16, 2023

• Underground Petroleum Storage Tank Violations result in Fines for Several Businesses in New Jersey and New York

  EPA News Release: Underground Petroleum Storage Tank Violations result in Fines for Several Businesses in New Jersey and New York

  • Release Date: October 30, 2023

• New York Organizations and Agencies Slated to Get Over $6.1 Million in EPA Funding to Support Environmental Justice Work

  EPA News Release: New York Organizations and Agencies Slated to Get Over $6.1 Million in EPA Funding to Support Environmental Justice Work

  • Release Date: October 24, 2023

• New Jersey Organizations and Agencies Slated to Get Over $4.8 Million in EPA Funding to Support Environmental Justice Work

  EPA News Release: New Jersey Organizations and Agencies Slated to Get Over $4.8 Million in EPA Funding to Support Environmental Justice Work

  • Release Date: October 24, 2023

• EPA Urges Consumers to Beware of Misbranded Antimicrobial Household Products

  Rush to Market without Complying with Applicable Federal Law During the COVID-19 Pandemic Results in $1.5 Million Penalty

  EPA News Release: EPA Urges Consumers to Beware of Misbranded Antimicrobial Household Products

  • Release Date: October 11, 2023

• EPA Settlement with Slack Chemical Company in New York Resolves Violations of Toxic Chemical Reporting Requirements

  EPA News Release: EPA Settlement with Slack Chemical Company in New York Resolves Violations of Toxic Chemical Reporting Requirements

  • Release Date: October 11, 2023

• EPA Makes $336 Million Investment to Spur Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements Across New York State

  EPA News Release: EPA Makes $336 Million Investment to Spur Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements Across New York State

  • Release Date: October 5, 2023

• EPA Enforcement Helps Protect Children in New York from Lead Paint Hazards

  October is Children's Health Month and EPA is taking action to address the major threat that lead-based paint still poses to kids

  EPA News Release: EPA Enforcement Helps Protect Children in New York from Lead Paint Hazards

  • Release Date: October 5, 2023

• EPA Finalizes Cleanup Plan for Lehigh Valley Railroad Derailment Superfund Site in Genesee County, New York

  EPA News Release: EPA Finalizes Cleanup Plan for Lehigh Valley Railroad Derailment Superfund Site in Genesee County, New York

  • Release Date: October 2, 2023