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• EPA announces $2.7M clean ports investments in Oregon

  EPA’s Clean Ports Program to fund zero-emission port equipment, infrastructure, and planning projects to tackle climate change, reduce air pollution, and advance environmental justice

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $2.7M clean ports investments in Oregon

  • Release Date: October 29, 2024

• EPA invests $3B into clean ports

  EPA opens two grant competitions funding zero-emission port equipment, infrastructure and planning to tackle the climate crisis, reduce pollution and advance environmental justice

  EPA News Release: EPA invests $3B into clean ports

  • Release Date: February 29, 2024

• EPA Cracks Down on Companies in California, New Jersey, Oregon, and Washington State for Selling Illegal Auto Parts that Avoid Pollution Controls

  EPA News Release: EPA Cracks Down on Companies in California, New Jersey, Oregon, and Washington State for Selling Illegal Auto Parts that Avoid Pollution Controls

  • Release Date: August 24, 2023

• Community Air Pollution Monitoring Projects in Oregon to Receive Over $1 Million in EPA Funding

  $53 million for 132 local projects nationwide is EPA’s largest ever investment in community air monitoring

  EPA News Release: Community Air Pollution Monitoring Projects in Oregon to Receive Over $1 Million in EPA Funding

  • Release Date: November 3, 2022

• Oregon School Districts receive $5 Million from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program

  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: Oregon School Districts receive $5 Million from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program

  • Release Date: October 26, 2022

• Oakridge-Westfir communities attain Clean Air Act standards for fine particle pollution

  Local collaborative efforts result in cleaner and healthier air during winter months

  EPA News Release: Oakridge-Westfir communities attain Clean Air Act standards for fine particle pollution

  • Release Date: September 23, 2022

• New EPA analysis shows decline in release of certain toxic chemicals in Mid-Atlantic Region

  New features improve public access to local data

  EPA News Release: New EPA analysis shows decline in release of certain toxic chemicals in Mid-Atlantic Region

  • Release Date: March 3, 2022

• EPA Awards Mid-Atlantic Regional Air Management Association Nearly $1.4 million for Diesel Emissions Reduction Project

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Mid-Atlantic Regional Air Management Association Nearly $1.4 million for Diesel Emissions Reduction Project

  • Release Date: December 9, 2021

• EPA to help schools in Oregon and Washington become Community Cleaner Air and Cooling Centers

  Schools will receive technical assistance to create cleaner air and neighborhood cooling refuges in vulnerable communities impacted by wildfire smoke and extreme heat events

  EPA News Release: EPA to help schools in Oregon and Washington become Community Cleaner Air and Cooling Centers

  • Release Date: November 1, 2021

• EPA settlement with WVA Manufacturing of Alloy, W.Va., ensures Clean Air Act compliance

  EPA News Release: EPA settlement with WVA Manufacturing of Alloy, W.Va., ensures Clean Air Act compliance

  • Release Date: June 3, 2021

• EPA cites Alliant Techsystems Operations for environmental violations at Navy facility in Keyser, W. Va.

  EPA News Release: EPA cites Alliant Techsystems Operations for environmental violations at Navy facility in Keyser, W. Va.

  • Release Date: June 2, 2021

• EPA Announces $4.5 Million in Grants Available for Tribes to Replace Diesel Equipment and Reduce Harmful Emissions

  For the first time under this competition, matching funds are not required.

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $4.5 Million in Grants Available for Tribes to Replace Diesel Equipment and Reduce Harmful Emissions

  • Release Date: April 30, 2021

• EPA awards $615,000 to clean up school buses in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington communities

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $615,000 to clean up school buses in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington communities

  • Release Date: April 20, 2021

• EPA challenge seeks innovative solutions for reducing indoor air pollution from western wildfires

  EPA News Release: EPA challenge seeks innovative solutions for reducing indoor air pollution from western wildfires

  • Release Date: February 17, 2021

• $1.8M EPA grant will provide woodstove alternatives and improve air quality in Klamath Falls, Oregon

  Five-year investment expected to net long-term benefits for area residents

  EPA News Release: $1.8M EPA grant will provide woodstove alternatives and improve air quality in Klamath Falls, Oregon

  • Release Date: December 9, 2020