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• Six Iowa School Districts Receiving $185,000 in School Bus Rebate Opportunities

  EPA awards rebates totaling $17 million to fund clean school buses that reduce diesel emissions and protect children’s health

  EPA News Release: Six Iowa School Districts Receiving $185,000 in School Bus Rebate Opportunities

  • Release Date: March 8, 2022

• New EPA Toxics Release Inventory Data Show Decline in Releases of Certain Toxic Chemicals

  Includes new features to make data more accessible to communities

  EPA News Release: New EPA Toxics Release Inventory Data Show Decline in Releases of Certain Toxic Chemicals

  • Release Date: March 3, 2022

• New EPA Toxics Release Inventory data show continued reductions in toxic chemical releases in Region 8

  2020 analysis includes new features to make data more accessible to communities

  EPA News Release: New EPA Toxics Release Inventory data show continued reductions in toxic chemical releases in Region 8

  • Release Date: March 3, 2022

• EPA Reaches Settlements with Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska Companies for Automobile ‘Defeat Device’ Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Reaches Settlements with Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska Companies for Automobile ‘Defeat Device’ Violations

  • Release Date: February 1, 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

• 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 Announces Virtual Public Listening Session March 3 on Draft Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Announces Virtual Public Listening Session March 3 on Draft Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities

  • Release Date: January 26, 2022

• La Región 8 de la EPA ofrece una sesión pública de escucha el 1 de marzo sobre la Estrategia preliminar para reducir la exposición al plomo y las disparidades en las comunidades estadounidenses

  El público puede inscribirse ahora para asistir y/o aportar comentarios verbales

  EPA News Release: La Región 8 de la EPA ofrece una sesión pública de escucha el 1 de marzo sobre la Estrategia preliminar para reducir la exposición al plomo y las disparidades en las comunidades estadounidenses

  • Release Date: January 25, 2022

• EPA Region 8 hosting public listening session March 1 on the Draft Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities

  Members of the public can register now to attend and/or provide verbal comment

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 8 hosting public listening session March 1 on the Draft Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities

  • Release Date: January 19, 2022

• United States Fines BNSF $1.5 Million for Alleged Clean Water Act Violations

  EPA News Release: United States Fines BNSF $1.5 Million for Alleged Clean Water Act Violations

  • Release Date: December 17, 2021

• Colorado, Montana and Utah projects among $14.1 million in environmental justice grants nationwide

  EPA News Release: Colorado, Montana and Utah projects among $14.1 million in environmental justice grants nationwide

  • Release Date: December 15, 2021

• EPA Region 7 Announces Opportunity to Apply for Farmer to Farmer Grant Funding

  $12 million available for historically underserved farm-focused projects in Gulf of Mexico watershed

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Announces Opportunity to Apply for Farmer to Farmer Grant Funding

  • Release Date: December 14, 2021

• EPA Announces Appointment of Meg McCollister as Regional Administrator for EPA Region 7

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Appointment of Meg McCollister as Regional Administrator for EPA Region 7

  • Release Date: December 9, 2021

• EPA Region 8 states to receive water infrastructure funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law 

  Announcement calls for prioritizing underserved communities  

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 8 states to receive water infrastructure funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law 

  • Release Date: December 2, 2021