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• EPA announces $6.5M for clean heavy-duty vehicles in Oregon

  Funding for zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles, along with infrastructure and workforce development projects, to tackle climate change, reduce air pollution, and advance environmental justice

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $6.5M for clean heavy-duty vehicles in Oregon

  • Release Date: December 11, 2024

• EPA announces $319M WIFIA loan for improvements to a critical drinking water system in Oregon

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $319M WIFIA loan for improvements to a critical drinking water system in Oregon

  • Release Date: December 16, 2024

• EPA and US Department of Energy Announce $850M to Reduce Methane Pollution from the Oil and Gas Sector

  Grant selectees from EPA’s Southeastern Region include M2X Energy, Inc. of Rockledge, Florida and the University of Kentucky Research Foundation in Lexington, Kentucky

  EPA News Release: EPA and US Department of Energy Announce $850M to Reduce Methane Pollution from the Oil and Gas Sector

  • Release Date: December 20, 2024

• EPA Begins Five Chemical Risk Evaluations Under Toxic Substances Control Act, Starts Process for the Next Five Chemicals

  EPA News Release: EPA Begins Five Chemical Risk Evaluations Under Toxic Substances Control Act, Starts Process for the Next Five Chemicals

  • Release Date: December 18, 2024

• EPA Announces Community Meeting Dec. 5 to Discuss EPA Air Monitoring in Verona, Missouri

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Community Meeting Dec. 5 to Discuss EPA Air Monitoring in Verona, Missouri

  • Release Date: December 3, 2024

• State and federal agencies respond to public comments, move forward on plans for cleaning up tank waste at Hanford Site

  EPA News Release: State and federal agencies respond to public comments, move forward on plans for cleaning up tank waste at Hanford Site

  • Release Date: December 19, 2024

• Ameren Missouri Ordered to Pay $61M to Mitigate Effects of Illegal Emissions at Rush Island Power Plant Near Festus

  EPA News Release: Ameren Missouri Ordered to Pay $61M to Mitigate Effects of Illegal Emissions at Rush Island Power Plant Near Festus

  • Release Date: December 17, 2024

• EPA announces $89M loan to enhance wastewater management in King County

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $89M loan to enhance wastewater management in King County

  • Release Date: December 18, 2024

• EPA Announces Total of Nearly $23M in Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants to Two Rural Projects in Kansas and Missouri

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Total of Nearly $23M in Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants to Two Rural Projects in Kansas and Missouri

  • Release Date: December 13, 2024

• EPA Announces Over $10M to St. Louis Public Schools for Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles

  Seventy applicants tentatively selected to receive funding for over 2,400 zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles, along with infrastructure and workforce development projects, to tackle climate change, reduce air pollution, and advance environmental justice

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Over $10M to St. Louis Public Schools for Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles

  • Release Date: December 11, 2024

• EPA adds Upper Columbia River site to the Superfund National Priorities List to protect public health from metals contamination

  EPA News Release: EPA adds Upper Columbia River site to the Superfund National Priorities List to protect public health from metals contamination

  • Release Date: December 13, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $1.6 Billion in Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants

  105 selected applications funded through the Inflation Reduction Act will reduce pollution, improve climate resilience, and build community capacity to address legacy environmental justice issues around the nation

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $1.6 Billion in Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants

  • Release Date: December 12, 2024

• EPA Fines Two Companies for Violating Clean Water Act at Residential Construction Project in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Two Companies for Violating Clean Water Act at Residential Construction Project in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico

  • Release Date: December 19, 2024

• EPA Celebrates Pacific Islands Zero Waste and Resilience Accomplishments

  Guam, the CNMI and American Samoa Made Significant Progress

  EPA News Release: EPA Celebrates Pacific Islands Zero Waste and Resilience Accomplishments

  • Release Date: December 16, 2024

• EPA Completes Cleanup at 296 Properties this Year at the Jacobsville Superfund Site in Evansville, Indiana

  Work will shut down for winter months and resume in the spring

  EPA News Release: EPA Completes Cleanup at 296 Properties this Year at the Jacobsville Superfund Site in Evansville, Indiana

  • Release Date: December 19, 2024