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• EPA announces additional $11.5M for Superfund site in Oregon

  EPA News Release: EPA announces additional $11.5M for Superfund site in Oregon

  • Release Date: February 29, 2024

• EPA invests $3B into clean ports

  EPA opens two grant competitions funding zero-emission port equipment, infrastructure and planning to tackle the climate crisis, reduce pollution and advance environmental justice

  EPA News Release: EPA invests $3B into clean ports

  • Release Date: February 29, 2024

• EPA announces $113M for Washington drinking water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure upgrades

  Unprecedented funding from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is transforming communities across the state

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $113M for Washington drinking water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure upgrades

  • Release Date: February 21, 2024

• EPA announces $42M for Idaho drinking water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure upgrades

  Unprecedented funding from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is transforming communities across the state

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $42M for Idaho drinking water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure upgrades

  • Release Date: February 21, 2024

• EPA announces $74M for Oregon drinking water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure upgrades

  Unprecedented funding from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is transforming communities across the state

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $74M for Oregon drinking water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure upgrades

  • Release Date: February 21, 2024

• EPA announces $45M for Alaska drinking water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure upgrades

  Unprecedented funding from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is transforming communities across the state

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $45M for Alaska drinking water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure upgrades

  • Release Date: February 21, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Selects Philanthropy Northwest to receive $50 Million to fund environmental justice projects across the Pacific Northwest and Alaska

  EPA selects regional Grantmaker to reduce barriers to federal funds and award thousands of environmental justice grants over the next three years

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Selects Philanthropy Northwest to receive $50 Million to fund environmental justice projects across the Pacific Northwest and Alaska

  • Release Date: December 20, 2023

• EPA awards nearly $3M in grants to address environmental concerns in Yakima Valley

  Hosts grants workshop to highlight additional funding opportunities

  EPA News Release: EPA awards nearly $3M in grants to address environmental concerns in Yakima Valley

  • Release Date: December 12, 2023

• EPA finalizes action on Fairbanks air plan, partners with state on new one, provides $10 million for more woodstove change-outs & natural gas expansion in Fairbanks, North Star Borough

  EPA News Release: EPA finalizes action on Fairbanks air plan, partners with state on new one, provides $10 million for more woodstove change-outs & natural gas expansion in Fairbanks, North Star Borough

  • Release Date: November 22, 2023

• Electron Hydro to pay $1 million Clean Water Act penalty for 2020 artificial turf, tire crumb discharge into Puyallup River

  EPA News Release: Electron Hydro to pay $1 million Clean Water Act penalty for 2020 artificial turf, tire crumb discharge into Puyallup River

  • Release Date: November 21, 2023

• EPA Announces $150 Million to Fund Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants for Alaska Native Villages

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $150 Million to Fund Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants for Alaska Native Villages

  • Release Date: November 21, 2023

• EPA awards $38M for re-use, recycling, composting infrastructure and outreach projects in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest

  Grant programs part of largest state, tribal and community recycling investment in 30 years

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $38M for re-use, recycling, composting infrastructure and outreach projects in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest

  • Release Date: November 15, 2023

• EPA awards Oregon DEQ over $4.5M to improve Klamath County air quality

  EPA News Release: EPA awards Oregon DEQ over $4.5M to improve Klamath County air quality

  • Release Date: November 9, 2023

• EPA penalizes Boise company $74,000 for asbestos violations 

  EPA News Release: EPA penalizes Boise company $74,000 for asbestos violations 

  • Release Date: November 8, 2023

• EPA penalizes Town of Coulee Dam over $70,000 for Clean Water Act violations

  Wastewater plant failed to meet basic requirements of pollutant discharge permit

  EPA News Release: EPA penalizes Town of Coulee Dam over $70,000 for Clean Water Act violations

  • Release Date: October 26, 2023