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• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $13.9 million to Pennsylvania in Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants

  EPA announces initial selections from $2 billion Inflation Reduction Act program - the largest single environmental justice investment in history – delivered by President Biden’s Investing in America agenda.

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $13.9 million to Pennsylvania in Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants

  • Release Date: July 25, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $20 Million Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grant to District of Columbia Organizations

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $20 Million Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grant to District of Columbia Organizations

  • Release Date: July 25, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Virginia DEQ Selection as Part of Coalitions to Receive Grants for Community-Driven Solutions to Cut Climate Pollution

  Funded by President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda, EPA announces selected applications through competitive Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program to tackle climate change, improve air quality, and advance environmental justice

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Virginia DEQ Selection as Part of Coalitions to Receive Grants for Community-Driven Solutions to Cut Climate Pollution

  • Release Date: July 23, 2024

• Delaware to benefit from $248 million grant for community-driven solutions to cut climate pollution

  Department of Transportation is part of a coalition selected by the EPA to receive portion of a Climate Pollution Reduction Grant to tackle climate change, improve air quality, and advance environmental justice

  EPA News Release: Delaware to benefit from $248 million grant for community-driven solutions to cut climate pollution

  • Release Date: July 22, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Selects Pennsylvania DEP to Receive $396M for Community-Driven Solutions to Cut Climate Pollution

  EPA announces selected applications through competitive Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program to tackle climate change, improve air quality, and advance environmental justice

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Selects Pennsylvania DEP to Receive $396M for Community-Driven Solutions to Cut Climate Pollution

  • Release Date: July 22, 2024

• Maryland to receive nearly $130 million for community-driven solutions to cut climate pollution across the Mid-Atlantic Region

  Maryland Department of the Environment and Maryland Department of Transportation are part of a coalition selected by the EPA to receive more than $670 million in Climate Pollution Reduction Grants to tackle climate change, improve air quality, and advance

  EPA News Release: Maryland to receive nearly $130 million for community-driven solutions to cut climate pollution across the Mid-Atlantic Region

  • Release Date: July 22, 2024

• Cunningham and HNRC in Bomont, West Virginia, to pay $764,274 for alleged State and Federal violations

  Agreement ensures proper management of harmful well pad emissions

  EPA News Release: Cunningham and HNRC in Bomont, West Virginia, to pay $764,274 for alleged State and Federal violations

  • Release Date: July 9, 2024

• EPA Issues Cleanup Plan for Shaffer Equipment Superfund Site in Minden, West Virginia

  Major milestone since site added to the National Priorities List in 2019

  EPA News Release: EPA Issues Cleanup Plan for Shaffer Equipment Superfund Site in Minden, West Virginia

  • Release Date: July 9, 2024

• Five Star Urban Waters Grant Awarded to Canaan Valley Institute

  With support from EPA, community-led projects will restore urban waters and streams, address water quality in priority watersheds

  EPA News Release: Five Star Urban Waters Grant Awarded to Canaan Valley Institute

  • Release Date: August 29, 2019

• Five Star Urban Waters Grant Awarded to Elizabeth River Project

  With support from EPA, community-led projects will restore urban waters and streams, address water quality in priority watersheds

  EPA News Release: Five Star Urban Waters Grant Awarded to Elizabeth River Project

  • Release Date: August 29, 2019

• Five Star Urban Waters Grant Awarded to Anacostia Riverkeeper

  With support from EPA, community-led projects will restore urban waters and streams, address water quality in priority watersheds

  EPA News Release: Five Star Urban Waters Grant Awarded to Anacostia Riverkeeper

  • Release Date: August 29, 2019

• EPA selects Virginia’s Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden for $100,000 for community education program to reduce stormwater run-off

  EPA News Release: EPA selects Virginia’s Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden for $100,000 for community education program to reduce stormwater run-off

  • Release Date: August 27, 2019

• EPA awards Living Classrooms Foundation a $60,000 Environmental Education grant for South Baltimore program

  EPA News Release: EPA awards Living Classrooms Foundation a $60,000 Environmental Education grant for South Baltimore program

  • Release Date: August 27, 2019

• EPA selects Virginia’s Friends of the Rappahannock for $100,000 Environmental Education grant, professional development for teachers

  EPA News Release: EPA selects Virginia’s Friends of the Rappahannock for $100,000 Environmental Education grant, professional development for teachers

  • Release Date: August 27, 2019

• Baltimore’s Parks & People Foundation awarded $60,000 EPA Environmental Education grant

  Professionals help high school students learn green design

  EPA News Release: Baltimore’s Parks & People Foundation awarded $60,000 EPA Environmental Education grant

  • Release Date: August 27, 2019