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• Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Ban on Most Uses of Methylene Chloride, Protecting Workers and Communities from Fatal Exposure

  Rule requires stronger worker safety requirements for remaining industrial uses

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Ban on Most Uses of Methylene Chloride, Protecting Workers and Communities from Fatal Exposure

  • Release Date: April 30, 2024

• EPA Highlights Biden-Harris Administration’s New National Security Memorandum on Critical Infrastructure

  EPA takes important steps to secure our nation’s water infrastructure

  EPA News Release: EPA Highlights Biden-Harris Administration’s New National Security Memorandum on Critical Infrastructure

  • Release Date: April 30, 2024

• EPA Celebrates Earth Week and Agency Efforts to Prevent Plastic Pollution

  EPA News Release: EPA Celebrates Earth Week and Agency Efforts to Prevent Plastic Pollution

  • Release Date: April 26, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Suite of Standards to Reduce Pollution from Fossil Fuel-Fired Power Plants

  Four final rules deliver on the Biden-Harris Administration’s day-one commitment to lead on climate action and to protect all communities from pollution

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Suite of Standards to Reduce Pollution from Fossil Fuel-Fired Power Plants

  • Release Date: April 25, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $1 Billion in Grants to Invest in America’s Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicle Transition

  EPA announces new grant program to fund zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles, infrastructure, and workforce development to tackle climate change, reduce air pollution, and advance environmental justice

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $1 Billion in Grants to Invest in America’s Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicle Transition

  • Release Date: April 24, 2024

• EPA Finalizes Stronger Chemical Risk Evaluation Process to Protect Workers and Communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Finalizes Stronger Chemical Risk Evaluation Process to Protect Workers and Communities

  • Release Date: April 23, 2024

• EPA Announces Online Collection of Environmental Justice Resources

  The Environmental Justice Clearinghouse will help the public access tools and resources as part of President Biden’s ambitious environmental justice agenda

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Online Collection of Environmental Justice Resources

  • Release Date: April 23, 2024

• EPA Announces New Policy to Strengthen Civil-Criminal Enforcement Coordination

  New policy will further EPA’s efforts to hold polluters accountable, ensure environmental justice for communities overburdened by pollution

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces New Policy to Strengthen Civil-Criminal Enforcement Coordination

  • Release Date: April 23, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $7 Billion Solar for All Grants to Deliver Residential Solar, Saving Low-Income Americans $350 Million Annually and Advancing Environmental Justice Across America

  EPA announces 60 selectees under Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grant competition to deliver solar to more than 900,000 low-income and disadvantaged households nationwide through the President’s Investing in America agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $7 Billion Solar for All Grants to Deliver Residential Solar, Saving Low-Income Americans $350 Million Annually and Advancing Environmental Justice Across America

  • Release Date: April 22, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Critical Rule to Clean up PFAS Contamination to Protect Public Health

  EPA action designates two widely used PFAS as hazardous substances under the Superfund law, improving transparency and accountability to clean up PFAS contamination in communities

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Critical Rule to Clean up PFAS Contamination to Protect Public Health

  • Release Date: April 19, 2024

• EPA Issues Emergency Fuel Waiver for E-15 Sales 

  EPA takes action to provide consumers relief at the pump by helping ensure an adequate fuel supply ahead of the upcoming season

  E-15 Emergency Fuel Waiver

  • Release Date: April 19, 2024

• WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: Biden-Harris Administration Takes Critical Action to Protect 100 Million People from PFAS Pollution in Drinking Water

  EPA News Release: WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: Biden-Harris Administration Takes Critical Action to Protect 100 Million People from PFAS Pollution in Drinking Water

  • Release Date: April 16, 2024

• EPA Takes Action to Maintain Public Health Protections for Communities Near Stationary Combustion Turbines

  EPA News Release: EPA Takes Action to Maintain Public Health Protections for Communities Near Stationary Combustion Turbines

  • Release Date: April 15, 2024

• EPA Publishes Annual US Greenhouse Gas Inventory

  EPA News Release: EPA Publishes Annual US Greenhouse Gas Inventory

  • Release Date: April 11, 2024

• EPA Files Complaint Against California Company for Unlawful Import of HFCs

  Agency continues enforcement campaign against illegal importation of climate super pollutant HFCs

  EPA News Release: EPA Files Complaint Against California Company for Unlawful Import of HFCs

  • Release Date: April 10, 2024