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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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Leader Rodgers: “EcoHealth Shouldn’t Be Getting a Dime of Taxpayer Funds.”
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Pallone & Eshoo Praise House Passage Of Two Bills That Expand Access To Critical Health Care Services
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Pallone & Schakowsky Applaud House Passage Of Two Bills To Protect Consumers & Strengthen The Economy
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Pallone Floor Statement On Fda User Fees In The Continuing Resolution
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Bipartisan E&C Leaders Urge Senate To Pass The Spectrum Innovation Act
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House Chairs Write In Strong Support Of The Biden Administration’S Health Nondiscrimination Rule
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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
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EPA Awards $3.2M Research Grant to Iowa State University
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EPA Awards $6.4M for Research to Support National Water Reuse Efforts
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The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on Oct. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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News Release: PHILADELPHIA (Oct. 6, 2022) – As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to advancing environmental justice, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is targeting its Enhancing Lead-Safe Work Practices through Education and Outreach (ELSWPEO) initiative to raise awareness about childhood lead exposure and protect environmentally overburdened communities.
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The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page notice on Oct. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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News Release: EPA Seeks Nominations for Local Government Advisory Committee Contact: EPA Press Office, press@epa.gov WASHINGTON (October 7, 2022) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a solicitation for nominations to serve on its Local Government Advisory Committee (LGAC), which advises EPA on critical environmental issues impacting local governments. The agency is also accepting nominations for LGAC’s Small Communities Advisory Subcommittee (SCAS).