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• EPA Recognizes Rhode Island Wastewater Treatment Entities for Excellence

  EPA News Release: EPA Recognizes Rhode Island Wastewater Treatment Entities for Excellence

  • Release Date: January 30, 2025

• EPA completes reviews at two Rhode Island Superfund sites

  EPA News Release: EPA completes reviews at two Rhode Island Superfund sites

  • Release Date: January 13, 2025

• Groundwork Rhode Island receives $500,000 Brownfields Job Training Grant

  EPA News Release: Groundwork Rhode Island receives $500,000 Brownfields Job Training Grant

  • Release Date: December 17, 2024

• EPA announces $8.4M for clean heavy-duty vehicles in Washington

  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 $8.4M for clean heavy-duty vehicles in Washington

  • Release Date: December 11, 2024

• EPA Announces Over $1 Million to Hawaii for Zero-Emission Heavy-Duty Vehicles as Part of Nationwide Inflation Reduction Act Investment

  County of Hawai'i aims to reduce air pollution, expand career opportunities for Hawaiians with programs for zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles, infrastructure, and workforce development.

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Over $1 Million to Hawaii for Zero-Emission Heavy-Duty Vehicles as Part of Nationwide Inflation Reduction Act Investment

  • Release Date: December 11, 2024

• 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

• Renewed EPA wastewater permits require Haines, Sitka, Skagway, and Wrangell to significantly reduce bacteria from sewage discharges

  EPA News Release: Renewed EPA wastewater permits require Haines, Sitka, Skagway, and Wrangell to significantly reduce bacteria from sewage discharges

  • Release Date: December 5, 2024

• EPA Amends 2023 Red Hill Order with the Navy, Defense Logistics Agency to Improve Community Engagement

  Changes improve participation and productivity at Community Representation Initiative meetings

  EPA News Release: EPA Amends 2023 Red Hill Order with the Navy, Defense Logistics Agency to Improve Community Engagement

  • Release Date: November 21, 2024

• EPA announces $1.8M in grants to help businesses prevent pollution in Alaska, Oregon and Washington

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $1.8M in grants to help businesses prevent pollution in Alaska, Oregon and Washington

  • Release Date: October 31, 2024

• EPA and Philanthropy Northwest welcome applications for new $40M environmental justice grants program

  EPA News Release: EPA and Philanthropy Northwest welcome applications for new $40M environmental justice grants program

  • Release Date: October 31, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management selected to receive over $306,000 to help craft beverage sector prevent pollution as part of Investing in America agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management selected to receive over $306,000 to help craft beverage sector prevent pollution as part of Investing in America agenda

  • Release Date: October 31, 2024

• $10 Million Award to University of Connecticut to Help Rhode Island Communities Address Environmental Justice Challenges

  EPA News Release: $10 Million Award to University of Connecticut to Help Rhode Island Communities Address Environmental Justice Challenges

  • Release Date: October 30, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $59 Million of Clean Ports Investments in Hawaii as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  EPA’s Clean Ports Program to fund 55 zero-emission port equipment, infrastructure, and planning projects across the nation to tackle climate change, reduce air pollution, promote good jobs, and advance environmental justice

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $59 Million of Clean Ports Investments in Hawaii as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: October 29, 2024

• EPA announces over $1 million in new awards to advance climate resilience in disadvantaged communities across Rhode Island and Southeast Massachusetts

  This brings the total investment through EPA's Southeast New England Program (SNEP) Opportunity to Advance Resilience (SOAR) Fund to $2.3 Million

  EPA News Release: EPA announces over $1 million in new awards to advance climate resilience in disadvantaged communities across Rhode Island and Southeast Massachusetts

  • Release Date: October 25, 2024

• La EPA anuncia más de $1 millón en nuevas subvenciones para promover la resiliencia climática en comunidades desventajadas en Rhode Island y el sureste de Massachusetts

  Esto eleva a $2.3 millones la inversión total a través del Fondo de Oportunidad para Avanzar en la Resiliencia (SOAR) del Programa del Sureste de Nueva Inglaterra (SNEP) de la EPA

  EPA News Release: La EPA anuncia más de $1 millón en nuevas subvenciones para promover la resiliencia climática en comunidades desventajadas en Rhode Island y el sureste de Massachusetts

  • Release Date: October 25, 2024