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By EPA Newswire | Nov 4, 2022
News Release: MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Nov. 3, 2022) — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has selected the Southern Research Institute to receive funding to conduct community air quality monitoring in two Birmingham communities. The grant is one of 132 air monitoring projects in 37 states will receive ...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 4, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and several Oversight Committee Republicans reiterated concerns over reports indicating the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) continues to operate a taxpayer-funded censorship campaign to target online speech...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 4, 2022
News Release: LENEXA, KAN. (NOV. 3, 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a $740,014 grant to the University of Missouri, in Columbia, Missouri, to conduct research with community partners to assess how different populations value water quality improvements and aquatic resources in Midwestern reservoirs.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 4, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, released new data showing the benefits of the Inflation Reduction Act for millions of Americans-across both Democratic and Republican congressional districts. This landmark law, which was passed by Democrats in Congress and signed into law by President Biden, will allow people across the country to get more affordable prescription drugs and lower health insurance premiums.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 4, 2022
News Release: HELENA, MT – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has selected the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) to receive funding to conduct community air quality monitoring in 183 locations across Montana. The grant is one of 132 air monitoring projects in 37 states that will ...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 4, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), ranking member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released statements on the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) report on the impact of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) on small refineries.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 4, 2022
News Release: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency selected the East Chicago Calumet Coalition Community Advisory Group Inc. to receive funding to conduct community air quality monitoring in Indiana. The grant is one of 132 air monitoring projects in 37 states that will receive $53.4 million from President ...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 4, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the 3M Company agreed to a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) order to sample and provide treatment to address contamination from per- and polyfluoroakyl substances (PFAS) found in drinking water in the vicinity of 3M’s Cordova, IL facility. Recent sampling results provided ...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 4, 2022
News Release: JACKSON, Miss. (Nov. 3, 2022) — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has selected Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) to receive funding to conduct community air quality monitoring in the Cherokee Community. The grant is one of 132 air monitoring projects in 37 ...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 4, 2022
News Release: EAGLE BUTTE, SD – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has selected The Keya Foundation to receive funding to conduct community air quality monitoring on the Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota. The grant is one of 132 air monitoring projects in 37 states that will receive $53.4 ...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 4, 2022
News Release: DALLAS, TEXAS – (November 3rd, 2022)- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing a removal action at the Lane Plating Works, Inc., Superfund site that includes demolishing the former electroplating facility and excavating contaminated soil. EPA’s decision to move forward with the removal ...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 4, 2022
News Release: DENVER – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has selected seven Colorado groups to receive funding to conduct air quality monitoring in communities across the Denver metro area, Northern Colorado, and Southwest Colorado. These grants are among 132 air monitoring projects in 37 states ...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 4, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tom Carper, Chris Coons, and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.) today announced an award of $853,180 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to enhance air quality monitoring in Delaware communities. The awarded projects will focus on underserved ...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 4, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA (Nov. 3, 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has selected the District of Columbia Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE) to receive $500,000 for a project to monitor air quality in neighborhoods overburdened with poor air quality.
By State Newswire | Nov 4, 2022
News Release: College Station, TX - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul released the following statement in response to North Korea’s most recent intercontinental ballistic missile launch.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 4, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, U.S. House Ways and Means Republican Leader Kevin Brady (R-Texas) and U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today wrote to the U.S. Department of...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 4, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today revealed new information about an increase in deceptive marketing practices targeting seniors with Medicare Advantage plans.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 4, 2022
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has selected four entities to receive more than $950,000 in grant funding to conduct community air quality monitoring in Nevada. The grants are among 132 air monitoring projects in 37 states that will receive $53.4 million from President ...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 4, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA (Nov. 3, 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has selected the Upper Mattaponi Indian Tribe in Virginia to receive $449,988 for a community air pollution monitoring project.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 4, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that 132 air monitoring projects in 37 states will receive $53.4 million from President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act and American Rescue Plan to enhance air quality monitoring in communities across the United States. The projects are focused on communities that are underserved, historically marginalized, and overburdened by pollution, supporting President Biden’s Justice40 Initiative.
