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Press Releases for 2009
May 5, 2009 EPA delivers over $2 Million to help Portland, Multnomah County to reduce diesel pollution
May 5, 2009 EPA Lays out a Plan for the Nation’s Increase in Renewable fuels
May 4, 2009 Media Advisory: Conference Call to Discuss President Obama’s Commitment to Biofuels and Proposed Rulemaking on the Renewable Fuel Standard
April 24, 2009 New Hampshire Receives Economic Recovery Funding to Reduce Diesel Emissions, Create Jobs
April 17, 2009 EPA Finds Greenhouse Gases Pose Threat to Public Health, Welfare / Proposed Finding Comes in Response to 2007 Supreme Court Ruling
April 16, 2009 North Carolina Receives Economic Recovery Funding from U.S. EPA to Reduce Diesel Emissions, Create Jobs
April 16, 2009 EPA Seeks Comments on E15 Request
April 16, 2009 EPA, industry partners offer sneak preview of unique Michigan-developed green technology for moving cargo containers EPA Patented Technology Saves Fuel and Reduces Emissions
April 15, 2009 Montana Receives Economic Recovery Funding from U.S. EPA to Reduce Diesel Emissions, Create Jobs
April 15, 2009 EPA Publishes Annual U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report
April 15, 2009 Rhode Island Receives Economic Recovery Funding from U.S. EPA to Reduce Diesel Emissions,
Create Jobs Clean diesel projects reduce early deaths, asthma attacks, other health problems
April 14, 2009 Vermont Receives Economic Recovery Funding from U.S. EPA to Reduce Diesel Emissions,
Create Jobs Clean diesel projects reduce early deaths, asthma attacks, other health problems
April 9, 2009 Oregon Receives $1.73 Million in Economic Recovery Funding from U.S. EPA to Reduce Diesel Emissions, Create Jobs
April 9, 2009 Idaho Receives Economic Recovery Funding from U.S. EPA to Reduce Diesel Emissions, Create Jobs
April 9, 2009 Washington Receives Economic Recovery Funding from U.S. EPA to Reduce Diesel Emissions, Create Jobs
April 9, 2009 Maine Receives Economic Recovery Funding from U.S. EPA to Reduce Diesel Emissions, Create Jobs
April 9, 2009 Arizona Receives Economic Recovery Funding from U.S. EPA to Reduce Diesel Emissions, Create Jobs
/ Clean diesel projects reduce early deaths, asthma attacks, other health problems
April 8, 2009 Iowa Receives $1.73M Federal Economic Recovery Funding to Reduce Diesel Emissions, Protect Health and Create Jobs
April 8, 2009 Kansas Receives $1.73M Federal Economic Recovery Funding to Reduce Diesel Emissions, Protect Health and Create Jobs
April 8, 2009 Missouri Receives $1.73M Federal Economic Recovery Funding to Reduce Diesel Emissions, Protect Health and Create Jobs
April 8, 2009 Nebraska Receives $1.73M Federal Economic Recovery Funding to Reduce Diesel Emissions, Protect Health and Create Jobs
April 8, 2009 Wisconsin receives economic recovery funding from U.S.EPA to reduce diesel emissions, create jobs
April 8, 2009 Ohio receives economic recovery funding from U.S.EPA to reduce diesel emissions, create jobs
April 8, 2009 Minnesota receives economic recovery funding from U.S.EPA to reduce diesel emissions, create jobs
April 8, 2009 Illinois receives economic recovery funding from U.S.EPA to reduce diesel emissions, create jobs
April 8, 2009 Indiana receives economic recovery funding from U.S.EPA to reduce diesel emissions, create jobs
April 8, 2009 Michigan receives economic recovery funding from U.S.EPA to reduce diesel emissions, create jobs
April 8, 2009 North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming receive Recovery Act funding to reduce diesel emissions, create jobs
April 8, 2009 California Receives Economic Recovery Funding from U.S. EPA to Reduce Diesel Emissions, Create Jobs / Clean diesel projects reduce early deaths, asthma attacks, other health problems
April 8, 2009 Nevada Receives Economic Recovery Funding from U.S. EPA to Reduce Diesel Emissions, Create Jobs / Clean diesel projects reduce early deaths, asthma attacks, other health problems
April 8, 2009 Hawaii Receives Economic Recovery Funding from U.S. EPA to Reduce Diesel Emissions, Create Jobs
/ Clean diesel projects reduce early deaths, asthma attacks, other health problems
April 8, 2009 New Jersey Receives Economic Recovery Funding from U.S. EPA to Reduce Diesel Emissions, Create Jobs
April 8, 2009 New York Receives Economic Recovery Funding from U.S. EPA to Reduce Diesel Emissions, Create Jobs
April 2, 2009 Blue Skyways Collaborative Grant of $454,849 Presented to Grace Hill Settlement House for School Bus Retrofit Program
April 1, 2009 Grace Hill Settlement House to Receive $454,849 Grant for First Student School Bus Retrofit Program
March 30, 2009 U.S. Proposes to Slash Harmful Ship Emissions Along the Nation’s Coastlines to Save Lives
March 27, 2009 EPA Announces First of Nearly $100 Million in Recovery Act Funds to Create Jobs and Protect Colorado's Environment
March 27, 2009 EPA Helps Put America Back to Work Protecting Human Health and Cleaning Up the Environment
March 26, 2009 EPA Revs Up Leased Construction Equipment Retrofit Program
March 20, 2009 Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas will receive funding to create jobs to help the public breathe cleaner air and support brownfields
March 20, 2009 EPA Announces $211 Million of Recovery Act Funding Available to Reduce Diesel Emissions, Spur Redevelopment, Create Jobs EPA: This funding will create jobs to help the public breathe cleaner air and support brownfields redevelopment.
March 10, 2009 EPA Proposes First National Reporting on Greenhouse Gas Emissions
March 9, 2009 EPA Awards TDA Research, Inc. $225,000 for Development Process to Produce Low-Cost Biodiesel
March 3, 2009 EPA Hearing on California Greenhouse Gas Waiver
February 27, 2009 EPA Proposes to Reduce Air Toxics from Stationary Diesel and Gas-Fired Engines
February 26, 2009 EPA Provides $205,000 for Chittenden Solid Waste District to Fund Compressed Natural Gas Vehicles
February 26, 2009 EPA Provides Nearly $230,000 for Manchester Transit Authority to Retrofit Municipal Diesel Vehicles
February 26, 2009 EPA Provides $1.35M to Improve Air Quality in Massachusetts with Clean Diesel Projects
February 26, 2009 EPA Provides $50,000 for Connecticut to Retrofit Diesel Maintenance Vehicles
February 26, 2009 President’s Proposed EPA Budget Provides Strengthened Environmental Protection
February 26, 2009 EPA awards over $4.8 million to Midwest Clean Diesel partners; Wis. DOT gets $750,000
February 19, 2009 Stimulus Plan Will Create Sustainable Jobs That Will Protect Public Health
February 18, 2009 Oklahoma Commission awarded $85,000 from EPA for emissions training
February 17, 2009 EPA Administrator Jackson Orders Review of Key Clean Air Document
February 6, 2009 EPA Revisits California Waiver Decision
January 27, 2009 Puget Sound Clean Air Agency Awarded $850,000 for Diesel Emissions Reduction Project
January 23, 2009 Statement by Administrator-designate Lisa Jackson
January 23, 2009 Something New to Look for at the Auto Show SmartWay: EPA's Logo for Fuel Efficient Vehicles
January 9, 2009 North Texas, TCEQ awarded $2 million for clean diesel projects
January 5, 2009 U.S. EPA, California agencies showcase “greener” tractors, bulldozers / New cleaner off road equipment will improve air quality, save lives

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