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• EPA Region 7 Invites Public to Attend Virtual Environmental Justice Community Stakeholder Meeting

  Jan. 16 outreach event will provide opportunity for attendees to learn more about Region 7’s environmental justice efforts

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Invites Public to Attend Virtual Environmental Justice Community Stakeholder Meeting

  • Release Date: January 13, 2025

• EPA Announces $500K in Brownfields Job Training Grant to St. Louis University

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $500K in Brownfields Job Training Grant to St. Louis University

  • Release Date: December 16, 2024

• EPA Announces Over $475K in Brownfields Job Training Grant to Iowa Western Community College

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Over $475K in Brownfields Job Training Grant to Iowa Western Community College

  • Release Date: December 16, 2024

• EPA and Congressman Clyburn highlight solar power conversion project at Columbia, SC wastewater treatment plant

  EPA News Release: EPA and Congressman Clyburn highlight solar power conversion project at Columbia, SC wastewater treatment plant

  • Release Date: September 16, 2024

• MONDAY: EPA and Congressman Clyburn to highlight solar power conversion project at Columbia, SC wastewater treatment plant

  EPA News Release: MONDAY: EPA and Congressman Clyburn to highlight solar power conversion project at Columbia, SC wastewater treatment plant

  • Release Date: September 13, 2024

• South Carolina to benefit from $429,977,255 Biden-Harris Administration investment for community-driven solutions to cut climate pollution

  Funded by President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda, EPA announces selected applications through competitive Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program to tackle climate change, improve air quality, and advance environmental justice

  EPA News Release: South Carolina to benefit from $429,977,255 Biden-Harris Administration investment for community-driven solutions to cut climate pollution

  • Release Date: July 23, 2024

• EPA Announces More Than $17 Million in Brownfield Grants Through Investing in America Agenda to Rehabilitate and Revitalize Communities in Illinois 

  Funded by $1.5 billion investment into Brownfields sites from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to address legacy pollution, advance environmental justice, and create healthier communities  

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces More Than $17 Million in Brownfield Grants Through Investing in America Agenda to Rehabilitate and Revitalize Communities in Illinois 

  • Release Date: May 20, 2024

• EPA Region 4 Solicits Applications for the 2024 Pollution Prevention Recognition Program

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 4 Solicits Applications for the 2024 Pollution Prevention Recognition Program

  • Release Date: April 17, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces $1.5 million for Environmental Justice projects in communities across South Carolina as part of Investing in America agenda

  Selections announced as part of largest investments through EPA’s Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem Solving Cooperative Agreement and Environmental Justice Government-to-Government grant programs funded by Inflation Reduction Act

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces $1.5 million for Environmental Justice projects in communities across South Carolina as part of Investing in America agenda

  • Release Date: October 25, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Selects Illinois Recipients to Receive Over $2 Million in Pollution Prevention Grants to Advance Environmental Justice

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Selects Illinois Recipients to Receive Over $2 Million in Pollution Prevention Grants to Advance Environmental Justice

  • Release Date: October 12, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration invests more than $592,253 in South Carolina Recycling Infrastructure Projects Through Investing in America Agenda

  EPA grants funded in part by largest recycling investment in 30 years under President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration invests more than $592,253 in South Carolina Recycling Infrastructure Projects Through Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: September 13, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $23,030,000 in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding to Address Emerging Contaminants like PFAS in Drinking Water in South Carolina

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $23,030,000 in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding to Address Emerging Contaminants like PFAS in Drinking Water in South Carolina

  • Release Date: February 13, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $342,400 from EPA’s Brownfields Grants to Train Illinois Environmental Workers

  EPA selects OAI, Inc. in Chicago, Illinois to receive one of the first Brownfields Job Training grants funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, boosting workforce training in underserved, overburdened communities

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $342,400 from EPA’s Brownfields Grants to Train Illinois Environmental Workers

  • Release Date: December 14, 2022

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $499,715 for Community Air Pollution Monitoring Project in South Carolina

  Largest investment for community air monitoring in EPA history funded by President Biden’s Climate and Economic Plans

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $499,715 for Community Air Pollution Monitoring Project in South Carolina

  • Release Date: November 3, 2022

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $48 Million from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program for Illinois School Districts

  Historic investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law headed to all 50 states in effort to transform America’s school bus fleet

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $48 Million from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program for Illinois School Districts

  • Release Date: October 26, 2022