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• Public meeting scheduled to review remediation plans for Woods Pond area of GE-Pittsfield Housatonic River Site

  EPA News Release: Public meeting scheduled to review remediation plans for Woods Pond area of GE-Pittsfield Housatonic River Site

  • Release Date: December 19, 2024

• The City of Worcester receives a $499,000 Brownfields Job Training Grant

  EPA News Release: The City of Worcester receives a $499,000 Brownfields Job Training Grant

  • Release Date: December 17, 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

• Five Massachusetts applicants selected to receive over $55 million for Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles as part of Investing in America agenda

  Biden-Harris Administration tentatively selected 70 applicants to receive funding for over 2,400 zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles to tackle climate change, reduce air pollution, and advance environmental justice

  EPA News Release: Five Massachusetts applicants selected to receive over $55 million for Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles as part of Investing in America agenda

  • Release Date: December 11, 2024

• EPA extends evaluation deadline of proposals to reduce PCB concentrations and/or toxicity at the GE-Pittsfield/Housatonic River Site

  EPA News Release: EPA extends evaluation deadline of proposals to reduce PCB concentrations and/or toxicity at the GE-Pittsfield/Housatonic River Site

  • Release Date: December 10, 2024

• EPA New England accepting public comment on Draft Title V air permits for two offshore wind farm projects

  EPA News Release: EPA New England accepting public comment on Draft Title V air permits for two offshore wind farm projects

  • Release Date: December 2, 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 New England issues a Draft OCS Air Permit for new offshore wind farm project

  EPA News Release: EPA New England issues a Draft OCS Air Permit for new offshore wind farm project

  • Release Date: November 15, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces University of Massachusetts campuses to receive nearly $1.5 million in grants to help businesses prevent pollution as part of Investing in America agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces University of Massachusetts campuses to receive nearly $1.5 million in grants to help businesses prevent pollution as part of Investing in America agenda

  • Release Date: October 31, 2024

• EPA issues draft permit to reduce discharge of pollutants into the Mystic, Charles, and Neponset Rivers

  EPA News Release: EPA issues draft permit to reduce discharge of pollutants into the Mystic, Charles, and Neponset Rivers

  • Release Date: October 31, 2024

• Lower Neponset River Superfund Site Public Meeting scheduled for November 12, 2024

  EPA News Release: Lower Neponset River Superfund Site Public Meeting scheduled for November 12, 2024

  • Release Date: October 30, 2024

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

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

  • Release Date: October 30, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces nearly $530,000 of Clean Ports investments in Massachusetts 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 nearly $530,000 of Clean Ports investments in Massachusetts as part of Investing in America agenda

  • Release Date: October 29, 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