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• EPA Announces Nearly $2 Million in Cleanup and Climate Grants to Choctaw Nation

  Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognized the Choctaw Nation for two grants totaling nearly $2 million.

  • Release Date: October 31, 2023

• EPA Announces Nearly $4 million to the City of New Orleans to expand recycling infrastructure

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $3,982,000 in funding to the City of New Orleans to improve material management and to improve existing recycling programs in the city.

  • Release Date: October 30, 2023

• EPA Launches Prize Challenge to Showcase Electric Transportation in Action

  EPA News Release: EPA Launches Prize Challenge to Showcase Electric Transportation in Action

  • Release Date: October 27, 2023

• EPA Launches Online Tool Providing Energy Use Data and Insights from ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager®

  New web tool shows energy use data from 150,000 commercial and multi-family buildings

  EPA News Release: EPA Launches Online Tool Providing Energy Use Data and Insights from ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager®

  • Release Date: October 25, 2023

• EPA Announces Nearly $800K to Southern University for Pollution Prevention Project

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Nearly $800K to Southern University for Pollution Prevention Project

  • Release Date: October 20, 2023

• EPA Region 6 Celebrates Children’s Health Month

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 is proudly celebrating Children’s Health Month this October by spreading awareness about the importance of protecting children from environmental threats where they live, learn and play.

  • Release Date: October 18, 2023

• EPA Determines that Lead Emissions from Aircraft Engines Cause or Contribute to Air Pollution 

  EPA News Release: EPA Determines that Lead Emissions from Aircraft Engines Cause or Contribute to Air Pollution 

  • Release Date: October 18, 2023

• EPA Awards $1.8M in Research Grants to the University of Oklahoma for Children’s Health

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced in $1,898,738 grant funding to the University of Oklahoma to establish research centers to address children’s cumulative health impacts from agricultural and non-chemical exposures.

  • Release Date: October 16, 2023

• EPA Announces $2.1 Million in Environmental Projects and $200,000 Civil Penalty in Clean Air Act Violations Against Evergreen Packaging LLC

  On September 27, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a consent agreement and final order (CAFO) with Evergreen Packaging LLC (“Evergreen”) for alleged Clean Air Act (CAA) violations.

  • Release Date: October 16, 2023

• EPA Honors Home Builders and Raters for Providing Healthier Indoor Air

  EPA News Release: EPA Honors Home Builders and Raters for Providing Healthier Indoor Air

  • Release Date: October 12, 2023

• EPA Region 6 Honors WaterSense Partners for Helping Consumers Conserve Water

  Since 2006, WaterSense partners helped communities save more than 7.5 trillion gallons of water, 880 billion kilowatt-hours of energy, and $171 billion on utilities.

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded 47 WaterSense partners for their support of WaterSense and water efficiency at the WaterSmart Innovations conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.

  • Release Date: October 11, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Advances Latest Actions to Address Climate-Damaging HFC Emissions and Boost American Leadership on Safer, More Efficient Technologies

  One year after President Biden’s historic signing of the Kigali Amendment, EPA continues progress on phasedown of super-polluting hydrofluorocarbons

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Advances Latest Actions to Address Climate-Damaging HFC Emissions and Boost American Leadership on Safer, More Efficient Technologies

  • Release Date: October 6, 2023

• Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program: 2022 Data Publication

  EPA News Release: Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program: 2022 Data Publication

  • Release Date: October 5, 2023

• EPA’s GreenChill Program Celebrates Achievements in Environmentally Friendly Refrigerant Management Across the Supermarket Industry

  EPA News Release: EPA’s GreenChill Program Celebrates Achievements in Environmentally Friendly Refrigerant Management Across the Supermarket Industry

  • Release Date: October 4, 2023

• EPA Announces nearly $700,000 in Settlements for Clean Air Act Violations with Companies in the San Juan Basin

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing administrative penalty settlements with three companies in the San Juan Basin in New Mexico: Logos Operating, LLC, DJR Operating, LLC, and Enduring Resources, LLC.

  • Release Date: October 3, 2023