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April 19, 2024 Photo Credit: Shutterstock | dba87 Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a groundbreaking new rule to designate two per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) –  perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and…

April 5, 2024 SEATTLE (April 5, 2024) – State and federal agencies and departments in Oregon and Washington have agreed to collaborate on addressing the escalating…

Meetings Advance Community Conversations and Engagement around Federal and New York State Environmental Justice Programs First Listening Session Scheduled for April 15 in Niagara Falls…

Public Meeting to be Held on April 16 April 5, 2024 NEW YORK (April 5, 2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a plan to protect people…

April 1, 2024 HONOLULU – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has entered into an Administrative Order on Consent with the County of Hawai’i to ensure…

April 2, 2024 (PITTSBURGH) April 2, 2024 – Today, EPA Regional Administrator Adam Ortiz and Congresswoman Summer Lee (PA-12) visited the Environmental Charter School…

April 3, 2024 ATLANTA (April 3, 2024) - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a $10 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act…

April 2, 2024 WASHINGTON – Today, April 2, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing the launch of a new website, epa.gov/permits, a centralized web-based…

April 3, 2024 NEW YORK - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a final cleanup plan to address contaminated groundwater at a portion of the New…

Drinking water previously contained unsafe levels of arsenic. April 4, 2024 SAN FRANCISCO (April 4, 2024) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has…

April 3, 2024 WASHINGTON – Today, April 3, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recognized 32 clean water and drinking water infrastructure projects for excellence…

EPA announces eight selections under the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund’s National Clean Investment Fund and Clean Communities Investment Accelerator through President Biden’s Investing in…

April 2, 2024 EPA Regional Administrator visits University of Pittsburgh to discuss research, collaboration Media Contact: R3Press@epa.gov PITTSBURGH, PA (April…

Agency developing next steps to address risks April 1, 2024 WASHINGTON — Today, April 1, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing its next steps to…

April 1, 2024 SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced settlements with four automotive parts distributors to resolve claims of…

April 1, 2024 CHICAGO (April 1, 2024) – Starting early April, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will resume lead-contaminated soil cleanup in residential yards near…

Agency Personnel Deployed from Mid-Atlantic Region to Assist with Response March 30, 2024 PHILADELPHIA - On March 26, 2024, emergency personnel from the…

Washington, D.C., March 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Engine Technology Forum issued the following statement from Executive Director Allen Schaeffer about the announcement of the U.S. EPA’s final rule regarding greenhouse gas…

WASHINGTON  – The Environmental Protection Agency released standards to reduce tailpipe emissions from new heavy-duty trucks. These final standards follow a recent federal strategy to build out a national zero emission…

March 29, 2024 WASHINGTON – Today, March 29, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced final national greenhouse gas pollution standards for heavy-duty…

Toxic chemical releases have declined 21% nationally in 10 years according to new Toxics Release Inventory data March 26, 2024 BOSTON (MAR. 26, 2024) — Recently, the…

March 28, 2024 SEATTLE – Today, at an event at the West Point Treatment Plant, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Acting Assistant Administrator for Water Bruno…

March 28, 2024 LENEXA, KAN. (MARCH 28, 2024) – Scrap Management LLC, doing business as Rivers Edge Scrap Management of Kansas City, Kansas, will pay…

Homes built before 1978 are very likely to contain lead paint March 28, 2024 BOSTON (Mar. 28, 2024) – The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) initiative to…

March 27, 2024 LENEXA, KAN. (MARCH 27, 2024) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved a work plan submitted to the Agency by…

$1.4 million in funding will help area farmers reduce runoff March 27, 2024 DALLAS, TEXAS (March 27, 2024) – The Gulf of Mexico Alliance recently received a grant…

March 27, 2024 PHILADELPHIA (March 27, 2024) – Today, in Arlington, Virginia, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the National Fish and Wildlife…

March 27, 2024 DALLAS, TEXAS (March 27, 2024) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing that the City of Austin will receive a Solid Waste Infrastructure…

March 26, 2024 WASHINGTON – Today, March 26, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael S. Regan and U.S. Agency for International Development…

March 27, 2024 PHILADELPHIA (March 26, 2024) – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Adam Ortiz visited Centre County, Pennsylvania to see…

March 26, 2024 BOSTON, MA (Mar. 26, 2024) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proud to honor New England Region ENERGY STAR winners for their…

New EPA Great Lakes Environmental Justice Grant program is made possible by President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda March 26, 2024 WASHINGTON – Today, March…

March 26, 2024 PHILADELPHIA (March 26, 2024) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) joined the Engineers’ Society of Western Pennsylvania, the…

March 26, 2024 BOSTON (March 26, 2024) – Recently, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reached a settlement with First Student, a company that owns, operates, and…

March 26, 2024 WASHINGTON – Today, March 26, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing the winners of the 2024 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year…

March 25, 2024 WASHINGTON – Today, March 25, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it will be seeking applications to serve on the newly…

March 25, 2024 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued the fourth Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) test order requiring testing on per- and…

March 25, 2024 WASHINGTON – As a follow up to the letter from National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael S.…

March 25, 2024 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to list nine additional PFAS compounds as hazardous. EPA must use its authority to protect communities and waterways from the well-documented risks associated…

Abstract With the Repblican takeover of the House of Representatives in 1994, environmental advocates were particularly afraid of the policies that had been espoused in Newt Gingrich's Contract with America. However, a closer…

March 22, 2024 SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released its 2022 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) National Analysis showing that…

March 22, 2024 WASHINGTON (March 22, 2024) – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that Manitowoc, Wisconsin will receive technical assistance through…

March 22, 2024 WASHINGTON (March 22, 2024) – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that Austin, Minnesota will receive technical assistance through the…

Jennings is one of 10 cities to receive technical assistance through the Building Blocks for Sustainable Communities Program March 22, 2024…

March 22, 2024 BOSTON (MARCH 22, 2024) – Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point in Maine , will…

March 22, 2024 Today, March 22, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is celebrating World Water Day and releasing its 2023 Water Infrastructure Finance and…

March 22, 2024 WASHINGTON – Today, March 22, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that ten communities will receive technical assistance…

Updated 10-year report shows decreases in chemical releases nationally and regionally March 21, 2024 DENVER (March 21, 2024) — Today, the U.S. Environmental…

March 21, 2024 WASHINGTON – Today, March 21, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized new safeguards for communities and the environment from facilities that…

Largest Western U.S. Plant spilled 12.5 million gallons of untreated sewage in July 2021. March 21, 2024 SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency…