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EPA aide rumored to lead new office: 'Environmental justice is the way a multiracial, multi-ethnic society engages'

Robin Morris Collin, a top aide to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan, is rumored to be in consideration to receive a promotion to lead the EPA’s Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights.

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EPA to Hold Open Houses and Community Meetings for Memphis Residents about Health Risks from Ethylene Oxide

News Release: MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Oct. 11, 2022) - On Tuesday, Oct. 18, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will host several public forums to share information about ethylene oxide (EtO) emissions and risk information impacting Memphis, Tennessee. EPA is reaching out to communities facing the highest risks from commercial sterilizer facilities that use EtO, including Sterilization Services of TN (SST) located at 2396 Florida Street in Memphis.

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Nance: 'EPA continues to make significant clean water advancements for communities in New Mexico'

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently announced the New Mexico Environment Department and the New Mexico Finance Authority will receive more than $26 million in funding for water infrastructure improvements.

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EPA grant application closes on Dec. 8

2022 Targeted Airshed Grant Program grant opened on Oct. 12.

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E&C Republicans Vow Strict Oversight Over Massive DOE Loan Guarantee Program

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) are vowing vigorous oversight over the implementation of Department of Energy’s (DOE) loan programs, which Democrats expanded in their massive tax and spending sprees.

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EPA Awards $6.4M for Research to Support National Water Reuse Efforts

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EPA Awards $80M in Water Infrastructure Funding to Kansas at Clean Water Act 50th Anniversary Celebration Where Missouri and Kansas Rivers Meet Federal, state and local officials gather at historic Kaw Point Park in Kansas City, Kansas

EPA Awards $80M in Water Infrastructure Funding to Kansas at Clean Water Act 50th Anniversary Celebration Where Missouri and Kansas Rivers Meet Federal, state and local officials gather at historic Kaw Point Park in Kansas City, Kansas

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EPA Recognizes WaterSense Partners Promoting Water Efficiency, Cost-Savings

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EPA Awards $3.2M Research Grant to Iowa State University

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EPA Announces Innovative Effort to Bring New Chemicals Used in Electric Vehicle, Semiconductor, Clean Energy Sectors to Market

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EPA Launches Updates to Environmental Justice Mapping Tool EJScreen

News Release: WASHINGTON (Oct. 11, 2022) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has updated and added new capabilities to EJScreen, the Agency's public environmental justice (EJ) screening and mapping tool. EJScreen combines environmental and socioeconomic information to identify areas overburdened by pollution. ...

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EPA Announces Federal Plan to Lower Sulfur Dioxide Levels, Improve Air Quality in Detroit

News Release: CHICAGO (Oct. 11, 2022) – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a Federal Implementation Plan to improve air quality in the Detroit metro area by lowering emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2). The expected result is cleaner, healthier air for children, the elderly, people with asthma and everyone in Wayne County. It also means less haze and acid rain which can harm sensitive ecosystems.

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EPA Fines Asphalt Sales Company in Olathe, Kansas, for Alleged Clean Water Act Violations

News Release: LENEXA, KAN. (OCT. 11, 2022) – The Asphalt Sales Company in Olathe, Kansas, will pay $82,798 in civil penalties and improve pollution controls to resolve alleged violations of the federal Clean Water Act.

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EPA Mid-Atlantic Announces Climate Adaptation Plan to Increase Resilience to Impacts of Climate Change

News Release: PHILADELPHIA (Oct. 7, 2022) – Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Mid-Atlantic Region released its Climate Adaptation Implementation Plan, one of 20 developed across the agency by all regional offices and national programs.

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Nance: 'Settlement holds Packaging Corporation of America accountable for the harm it has caused'

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced an Illinois-based containerboard manufacturer has been ordered to pay $2.5 for violating the Clean Air Act.

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Regan: 'I’m honored to highlight EPA’s work to protect children’s health'

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the awarding of a grant to the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso, Texas, to study the effects of pesticide use and its health impacts on migrant farmworkers and their children along the southern U.S. border.