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• EPA Calls for Nominations for 2025 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards

  EPA News Release: EPA Calls for Nominations for 2025 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards

  • Release Date: August 29, 2024

• EPA Announces Voluntary Cancellation for the Pesticide Dacthal

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Voluntary Cancellation for the Pesticide Dacthal

  • Release Date: August 28, 2024

• In proposed settlement Hecla Limited to pay for riparian restoration and a $174,300 penalty for Clean Water Act violations at the Lucky Friday Mine in Mullan, Idaho

  Company’s $299,000 Supplemental Environmental Project will restore fish habitat in the South Fork Coeur d’Alene River

  EPA News Release: In proposed settlement Hecla Limited to pay for riparian restoration and a $174,300 penalty for Clean Water Act violations at the Lucky Friday Mine in Mullan, Idaho

  • Release Date: August 27, 2024

• EPA Finalizes First-of-its-Kind Strategy to Protect 900 Endangered Species from Herbicides

  Strategy reflects extensive input of growers and other pesticide users

  EPA News Release: EPA Finalizes First-of-its-Kind Strategy to Protect 900 Endangered Species from Herbicides

  • Release Date: August 20, 2024

• Gebbers Farms pays $17,000 penalty for failing to protect workers from pesticides

  EPA News Release: Gebbers Farms pays $17,000 penalty for failing to protect workers from pesticides

  • Release Date: August 14, 2024

• EPA Strengthens the Safer Choice Standard for Commercial and Household Cleaning Products

  Updated label criteria for products will make it easier for consumers to identify safer, more sustainable options

  EPA News Release: EPA Strengthens the Safer Choice Standard for Commercial and Household Cleaning Products

  • Release Date: August 8, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Label Program to Bolster U.S. Manufacturing of Cleaner Construction Materials

  Program will support the Administration’s initiative to “Buy Clean” construction materials from U.S. manufacturers as part of the Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Label Program to Bolster U.S. Manufacturing of Cleaner Construction Materials

  • Release Date: August 7, 2024

• Teck Alaska pays $429K penalty for hazardous waste violations at Red Dog Mine

  EPA's settlement with Teck Alaska, Incorporated, for hazardous waste violations at Red Dog Mine near Kotzebue, Alaska.

  • Release Date: August 6, 2024

• La EPA emite una orden de emergencia para detener el uso del pesticida Dacthal para abordar un grave riesgo para la salud

  EPA News Release: La EPA emite una orden de emergencia para detener el uso del pesticida Dacthal para abordar un grave riesgo para la salud

  • Release Date: August 6, 2024

• EPA Issues Emergency Order to Stop Use of Pesticide Dacthal to Address Serious Health Risk

  EPA News Release: EPA Issues Emergency Order to Stop Use of Pesticide Dacthal to Address Serious Health Risk

  • Release Date: August 6, 2024

• EPA begins cleanup work at JH Baxter facility in Eugene, Oregon

  EPA will begin cleanup, also known as a time-critical removal action, at the J.H. Baxter facility in West Eugene, Oregon.

  • Release Date: August 5, 2024

• EPA Celebrates Soldotna, Alaska high school students as 2024 Winners of the President’s Environmental Youth Award

  Students’ “Bucket Trees for Campfire Safety” will help reduce the risk of human-caused wildfires

  EPA News Release: EPA Celebrates Soldotna, Alaska high school students as 2024 Winners of the President’s Environmental Youth Award

  • Release Date: August 5, 2024

• EPA penalizes Starbound, LLC $168,000 for Clean Water Act violations off Oregon, Washington, Alaska coasts 

  EPA News Release: EPA penalizes Starbound, LLC $168,000 for Clean Water Act violations off Oregon, Washington, Alaska coasts 

  • Release Date: August 1, 2024