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• EPA highlights $20 million award for the Clean Water is Safe Water Community Initiative in North Carolina

  EPA News Release: EPA highlights $20 million award for the Clean Water is Safe Water Community Initiative in North Carolina

  • Release Date: December 12, 2024

• EPA’s Annual Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Results Include Strongest Outcomes Since 2017

  Revitalized enforcement and compliance efforts delivered public health benefits for people and communities, combatted climate change, and ensured cleaner air, water and land

  EPA News Release: EPA’s Annual Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Results Include Strongest Outcomes Since 2017

  • Release Date: December 5, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Selects Research Triangle Institute to Receive $100 million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across the Region 4 as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  Grantmaker selected to reduce barriers to federal funds and issue thousands of environmental justice grants over the next three years

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Selects Research Triangle Institute to Receive $100 million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across the Region 4 as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: December 20, 2023

• MONDAY: Roundtable to mark opening of RTI International’s $10M Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Center at North Carolina Central University

  EPA News Release: MONDAY: Roundtable to mark opening of RTI International’s $10M Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Center at North Carolina Central University

  • Release Date: November 2, 2023

• MEDIA ADVISORY: Durham-area press tour to highlight $15M investment in Superfund cleanups and recycling infrastructure

  EPA News Release: MEDIA ADVISORY: Durham-area press tour to highlight $15M investment in Superfund cleanups and recycling infrastructure

  • Release Date: October 27, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Selects East Carolina University to Receive $563,932 Pollution Prevention Grant to Advance Environmental Justice

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Selects East Carolina University to Receive $563,932 Pollution Prevention Grant to Advance Environmental Justice

  • Release Date: October 12, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces over $2.7 Million Through Investing in America Agenda for Cleanup and Technical Assistance at Polluted Brownfield Sites in North Carolina

  EPA announces the largest investment ever in brownfields communities made by President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces over $2.7 Million Through Investing in America Agenda for Cleanup and Technical Assistance at Polluted Brownfield Sites in North Carolina

  • Release Date: May 25, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $41,876,000 for Clean Water Infrastructure Upgrades Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in North Carolina

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $41,876,000 for Clean Water Infrastructure Upgrades Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in North Carolina

  • Release Date: February 24, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Cleanup Project in North Carolina

  EPA announces start of new cleanup projects at 22 Superfund sites, along with 100 other ongoing cleanups, thanks to President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Cleanup Project in North Carolina

  • Release Date: February 10, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces over $12 million from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program for North Carolina School District

  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 $12 million from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program for North Carolina School District

  • Release Date: October 27, 2022

• EPA Selects the East Carolina University as a Recipient of a Pollution Prevention Grant Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects the East Carolina University as a Recipient of a Pollution Prevention Grant Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  • Release Date: September 8, 2022

• EPA Selects the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a Recipient of a Pollution Prevention Grant Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a Recipient of a Pollution Prevention Grant Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  • Release Date: September 8, 2022

• Biden-Harris Administration Launches EPA-USDA Partnership to Provide Wastewater Sanitation to Underserved Rural Communities

  Historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding Will Help Address Lack of Basic Wastewater Infrastructure in Halifax and Duplin County, North Carolina

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Launches EPA-USDA Partnership to Provide Wastewater Sanitation to Underserved Rural Communities

  • Release Date: August 2, 2022

• EPA Announces $1.13 Million in Regional Source Reduction Assistance Grant Opportunities

  Priorities include reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, environmental justice

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $1.13 Million in Regional Source Reduction Assistance Grant Opportunities

  • Release Date: May 27, 2022

• EPA Announces Public Listening Sessions on the Draft Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Public Listening Sessions on the Draft Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities

  • Release Date: January 27, 2022