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• EPA Awards $750,000 for Research Grants to Texas A&M University

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $750,000 in research grant funding to go towards the Texas A&M university to develop and evaluate innovative methods.

  • Release Date: November 17, 2022

• EPA Awards $749,926 for Research Grants to the University of Houston

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $749,926 in research grant funding to the University of Houston to develop and evaluate innovative methods.

  • Release Date: November 17, 2022

• EPA Awards Nearly $741,054 in Research Grants to the University of Texas at Austin

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a grant to the University of Texas at Austin totaling $741,054 for research to refine the measurement of benefits of water quality improvements.

  • Release Date: November 17, 2022

• Construction Begins for Southern Impoundment Cleanup at San Jacinto River Waste Pits Superfund Site

  Construction for the final remedy has begun for part of the San Jacinto River Waste Pits Superfund site in Harris County, Texas, just east of Houston.

  • Release Date: November 14, 2022

• EPA Announces Austin-Based Lemi Shine Among 2022 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award Winners

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is recognizing Lemi Shine as an outstanding Safer Choice Formulator Product Manufacturer. Lemi Shine has prioritized educating consumers about how products that are safer for human health and the environment.

  • Release Date: November 7, 2022

• EPA Announces Texas Organizations to Receive Over $3 Million for Air Monitoring Projects

  Largest investment for community air monitoring in EPA history funded by President Biden’s Climate and Economic Plans

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that six Texas organizations will receive $3,050,010 from President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act and American Rescue Plan to enhance air quality monitoring in marginalized communities.

  • Release Date: November 3, 2022

• EPA Announces Removal Action at the Lane Plating Superfund Site in Dallas, Texas

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing a removal action at the Lane Plating Works, Inc., Superfund site that includes demolishing the former electroplating facility and excavating contaminated soil.

  • Release Date: November 3, 2022

• EPA, Congressmembers Announce Dallas Independent School District Clean School Bus Funding

  Officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Dallas Independent School District (DISD) and three members of the North Texas congressional delegation gathered yesterday to celebrate DISD’s funding through EPA’s Clean School Bus Program.

  • Release Date: November 2, 2022

• Austin-Based Lemi Shine Recognized as one of EPA’s 2020 Safer Choice Partners of the Year

  EPA News Release: Austin-Based Lemi Shine Recognized as one of EPA’s 2020 Safer Choice Partners of the Year

  • Release Date: September 29, 2020

• EPA Announces Nearly $500,000 to North Central Texas Council of Governments to Reduce Trash in Waterways

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Nearly $500,000 to North Central Texas Council of Governments to Reduce Trash in Waterways

  • Release Date: September 17, 2020

• EPA Recognizes Projects That Reduce Trash on Texas Coast; Three Groups Receive Nearly $1.4 Million

  EPA News Release: EPA Recognizes Projects That Reduce Trash on Texas Coast; Three Groups Receive Nearly $1.4 Million

  • Release Date: September 16, 2020

• EPA Completes Assessment of National Priorities Sites Following Hurricane Laura

  EPA News Release: EPA Completes Assessment of National Priorities Sites Following Hurricane Laura

  • Release Date: September 3, 2020

• EPA Tools for Communities Cleaning Up after Hurricane Laura

  EPA News Release: EPA Tools for Communities Cleaning Up after Hurricane Laura

  • Release Date: September 2, 2020

• EPA Proposes to add site in Odessa, Texas to National Priorities List

  Nationwide, four sites proposed, six sites added, and one removed

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes to add site in Odessa, Texas to National Priorities List

  • Release Date: September 1, 2020

• EPA Air Monitoring Finds Limited Impacts to Air Quality Following Hurricane Laura

  EPA News Release: EPA Air Monitoring Finds Limited Impacts to Air Quality Following Hurricane Laura

  • Release Date: September 1, 2020