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• Biden-Harris Administration Announces National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution

  Strategy to spur domestic and international action to protect communities affected by plastic from production to waste

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution

  • Release Date: November 21, 2024

• EPA Highlights Progress Achieved to Reduce Waste and Conserve Resources on America Recycles Day

  EPA News Release: EPA Highlights Progress Achieved to Reduce Waste and Conserve Resources on America Recycles Day

  • Release Date: November 15, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $117 Million in Grants Available to Advance Recycling Infrastructure and Prevent Wasted Food

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $117 Million in Grants Available to Advance Recycling Infrastructure and Prevent Wasted Food

  • Release Date: September 16, 2024

• EPA Awards $1M in Research Funding to Implement Drinking Water Treatment for Manganese in Small Communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $1M in Research Funding to Implement Drinking Water Treatment for Manganese in Small Communities

  • Release Date: September 13, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $232 Million in Grants to Clean Up Brownfield Sites, Address Legacy Pollution, Advance Environmental Justice, and Spur Economic Revitalization

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $232 Million in Grants to Clean Up Brownfield Sites, Address Legacy Pollution, Advance Environmental Justice, and Spur Economic Revitalization

  • Release Date: September 6, 2024

• EPA Adds a Site in California to the Superfund National Priorities List, Proposes to Add Four Other Sites

  EPA News Release: EPA Adds a Site in California to the Superfund National Priorities List, Proposes to Add Four Other Sites

  • Release Date: September 4, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $3.48 Million for Tribes to Build Environmental Protection Capacity

  EPA is seeking applications to support land restoration and emergency management Tribal programs

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $3.48 Million for Tribes to Build Environmental Protection Capacity

  • Release Date: August 26, 2024

• EPA Announces $250,000 to Winners of the Small Communities - Big Challenges Prize Competition

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $250,000 to Winners of the Small Communities - Big Challenges Prize Competition

  • Release Date: June 21, 2024

• EPA and Partners Announce Winner of Water Toxicity Sensor Challenge

  EPA News Release: EPA and Partners Announce Winner of Water Toxicity Sensor Challenge

  • Release Date: June 20, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces National Strategy to Reduce Food Loss and Waste and Recycle Organics  

  Joint efforts will reduce waste, increase recycling of organics, reduce climate pollution, save families and businesses money, and support a circular economy for all 

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces National Strategy to Reduce Food Loss and Waste and Recycle Organics  

  • Release Date: June 12, 2024

• New York State High School Student Wins EPA’s 2024 Patrick H. Hurd Award for Eco-Friendly Textile Dyes

  EPA News Release: New York State High School Student Wins EPA’s 2024 Patrick H. Hurd Award for Eco-Friendly Textile Dyes

  • Release Date: June 6, 2024

• EPA Announces the Seventh Annual Federal Facility Excellence in Site Reuse Awards Winners

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces the Seventh Annual Federal Facility Excellence in Site Reuse Awards Winners

  • Release Date: June 5, 2024

• Biden Administration Strengthens Commitment to Reducing Food Loss and Waste

  EPA, USDA and FDA Welcome USAID to Federal Interagency Partnership

  EPA News Release: Biden Administration Strengthens Commitment to Reducing Food Loss and Waste

  • Release Date: May 30, 2024

• EPA Denies Alabama’s Coal Ash Permit Program Application

  EPA News Release: EPA Denies Alabama’s Coal Ash Permit Program Application

  • Release Date: May 23, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Availability of $14 Million in Brownfields Job Training Grants Under Investing in America Agenda

  EPA seeking applications for Brownfields Job Training Grants that will support local environmental job training programs and environmental workforce in underserved and overburdened communities

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Availability of $14 Million in Brownfields Job Training Grants Under Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: May 21, 2024