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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency confirmed its 2022 President’s Student and Teacher Environmental Awards winners.
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Environmental Protection Agency set to publish a new notice on July 7

There are eight releases scheduled to be published on July 7.
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EPA grant application closes on Aug. 23

National Tribal Air Association Operations grant opened on July 5.
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Garcia: EPA brownfields funding will help 'overburdened communities in New York address local inequities'

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently announced New York’s Niagara County will receive $3.9 million for brownfields funding for loans and subgrants for site cleanup.
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June: Environmental Protection Agency publishes 23 notices

There were 23 notices published by the Environmental Protection Agency in June, according to the Federal Register.
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“RECOGNIZING GOWANUS CANAL REMEDIAL ACTION ENFORCEMENT TEAM” published by the Congressional Record on June 28

The Extensions of Remarks section of the Congressional Record published “RECOGNIZING GOWANUS CANAL REMEDIAL ACTION ENFORCEMENT TEAM” on June 28.
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Sixkiller: 'EPA is proud to work with our Tribal partners to achieve cleaner air'

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently announced more than $1.2 million in Diesel Emission Reduction Act funding for federally recognized Tribes in Alaska.
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Duncan: Supreme Court decision 'pulls back the EPA to its delegated authority'

The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency doesn’t have the authority to determine carbon emissions standards for current U.S. power plants.
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Duncan applauds Supreme Court’s decision to rein in EPA authority

Congressman Jeff Duncan celebrates the Supreme Court's 6-3 decision in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency to rein in the EPA’s abuse of authority.
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EPA Region 7 presents $250,000 brownfields grant to Fort Dodge

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 recently awarded Fort Dodge, Iowa, a $250,000 grant to clean up the Greenleaf Healthcare facility, a former nursing home rife with contaminants, including asbestos.
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Subcommittee Leader McKinley Opening Remarks in Recycling Hearing

News Release: Washington, D.C. - In the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing today, Subcommittee Republican Leader David B. McKinley (R-WV) delivered the following opening remarks during a hearing on recycling and Democrats’ attempts to ban the manufacture of critical plastics.
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Pallone Calls on President Biden to Halt Crude Oil Exports to Help Reduce Domestic Prices at the Pump

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today urged President Biden to halt crude oil exports to increase the domestic supply of oil available to U.S. refiners and help reduce prices at the pump here at home. In a letter today, Pallone thanked the President for his numerous efforts to address the impact of rising fuel prices on American families and urged him to restore a ban on the export of crude oil.
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EPA reaches settlement with Fuyao Glass Illinois, Inc. to resolve Clean Air Act violations in Decatur, Illinois

EPA reaches settlement with Fuyao Glass Illinois, Inc. to resolve Clean Air Act violations in Decatur, Illinois
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Leader Rodgers: Banning Plastic will Make Supply Chain and Inflation Crisis Worse

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks in today’s Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change hearing on recycling and Democrats’ attempts to ban the manufacture of critical plastics.
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Rodgers and McKinley’s Statements on Supreme Court Decision Upholding Limits to EPA’s Authority

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement after the Supreme Court’s ruling in West Virginia, et al. v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which affirmed that the Executive Branch cannot usurp Congress’s Article I power to write the nation’s laws.
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Pallone Condemns Supreme Court Decision Significantly Undermining the Clean Air Act

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in West Virginia v. EPA undermining the Clean Air Act and subverting decades of established law...
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Niagara County to Receive $3.9 Million in Brownfields-Specific Funding to Address Contaminated Sites

Niagara County to Receive $3.9 Million in Brownfields-Specific Funding to Address Contaminated Sites
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EPA Secures $13 Million under Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Ensure Cleanup at Argonaut Mine Superfund Site Continues Full Force

EPA Secures $13 Million under Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Ensure Cleanup at Argonaut Mine Superfund Site Continues Full Force
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EPA seeks public comment on proposed cleanup plan for the PMC Groundwater Superfund site in Petoskey, Michigan

EPA seeks public comment on proposed cleanup plan for the PMC Groundwater Superfund site in Petoskey, Michigan
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Air Force agrees to pay $206,811 EPA penalty for hazardous waste violations at Eareckson Air Station in Alaska

Air Force agrees to pay $206,811 EPA penalty for hazardous waste violations at Eareckson Air Station in Alaska
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