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• EPA Administrator Regan Announces Members of First-Ever National Environmental Youth Advisory Council

  New members include youth from Missouri and Iowa, charged with advising EPA on impacts of climate change and environmental harm

  EPA News Release: EPA Administrator Regan Announces Members of First-Ever National Environmental Youth Advisory Council

  • Release Date: November 16, 2023

• EPA Announces Over $3.8M in Region 7 for Tribal Recycling Infrastructure Projects and Recycling Education and Outreach Grants as Part of America Recycles Day

  On America Recycles Day and the anniversary of President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, EPA announces grants funded in part by the largest recycling investment in 30 years

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Over $3.8M in Region 7 for Tribal Recycling Infrastructure Projects and Recycling Education and Outreach Grants as Part of America Recycles Day

  • Release Date: November 15, 2023

• EPA Region 7 and Harris-Stowe State University in St. Louis Establish Five-Year Environmental Partnership

  Memorandum of Understanding launches joint educational activities, programs, and environmental activities on campus

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 and Harris-Stowe State University in St. Louis Establish Five-Year Environmental Partnership

  • Release Date: November 13, 2023

• Jefferson County, Missouri, Area Achieves Ambient Air Standard for Sulfur Dioxide

  EPA News Release: Jefferson County, Missouri, Area Achieves Ambient Air Standard for Sulfur Dioxide

  • Release Date: January 31, 2022

• Jackson County, Missouri, Area Achieves Ambient Air Standard for Sulfur Dioxide

  EPA, states, counties and cities work together to bring KC metro cleaner air

  EPA News Release: Jackson County, Missouri, Area Achieves Ambient Air Standard for Sulfur Dioxide

  • Release Date: January 31, 2022

• Hy-Vee Cherokee Distribution Center in Cherokee, Iowa, Wins 2020 WasteWise Award

  EPA News Release: Hy-Vee Cherokee Distribution Center in Cherokee, Iowa, Wins 2020 WasteWise Award

  • Release Date: January 28, 2022

• Live Nation’s Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre in Maryland Heights, Missouri, Wins 2020 WasteWise Award

  EPA News Release: Live Nation’s Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre in Maryland Heights, Missouri, Wins 2020 WasteWise Award

  • Release Date: January 28, 2022

• Northern Natural Gas Company in Omaha, Nebraska, Wins 2020 and 2021 WasteWise Awards

  EPA News Release: Northern Natural Gas Company in Omaha, Nebraska, Wins 2020 and 2021 WasteWise Awards

  • Release Date: January 28, 2022

• EPA Region 7 Recognizes Mid-America Regional Council for Promoting Sustainable Food Management Principles

  Food Recovery Challenge honors MARC’s Solid Waste Management District in KC

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Recognizes Mid-America Regional Council for Promoting Sustainable Food Management Principles

  • Release Date: January 27, 2022

• EPA Region 7 Recognizes Hartley Elementary School in Lincoln Public School District with Food Recovery Challenge Award

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Recognizes Hartley Elementary School in Lincoln Public School District with Food Recovery Challenge Award

  • Release Date: January 27, 2022

• EPA Announces Public Listening Sessions on the Draft Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Public Listening Sessions on the Draft Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities

  • Release Date: January 27, 2022

• EPA Honors Sprouts Farmers Market’s Food Rescue Program with National Food Recovery Challenge Award

  Overland Park, Kansas, Sprouts location has almost 1,300% increase in food rescue and recovery

  EPA News Release: EPA Honors Sprouts Farmers Market’s Food Rescue Program with National Food Recovery Challenge Award

  • Release Date: January 27, 2022

• EPA Region 7 Recognizes Iowa Waste Reduction Center, Eat Greater Des Moines in EPA’s Food Recovery Challenge

  Organizations battle food insecurity through Sustainable Food Management

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Recognizes Iowa Waste Reduction Center, Eat Greater Des Moines in EPA’s Food Recovery Challenge

  • Release Date: January 27, 2022

• Quad Cities’ Food Rescue Partnership Receives National Food Recovery Challenge Award

  Agency has been instrumental in diverting over 26 tons of food from landfills

  EPA News Release: Quad Cities’ Food Rescue Partnership Receives National Food Recovery Challenge Award

  • Release Date: January 27, 2022

• EPA Region 7 Honors K-State PPI and Shawnee Mission East High School in Prairie Village, Kansas, for Sustainable Food Management Practices

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Honors K-State PPI and Shawnee Mission East High School in Prairie Village, Kansas, for Sustainable Food Management Practices

  • Release Date: January 27, 2022