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12/23/2014EPA Announces Availability of $2.7 Million in Environmental Education Local Grants
12/23/2014EPA, Coast Guard Extend Pollution Control Agreement with Royal Caribbean: New advanced technologies allow industry to comply with emission standards, reduce costs
12/23/2014EPA to Hold Public Hearings in California, Texas and D.C. on Proposed Smog Standards
12/23/2014Nominations for EPA New England’s Annual Environmental Merit Awards-Deadline is January 30, 2015
12/22/2014XTO Energy, Inc. to Restore Areas Damaged by Natural Gas Extraction Activities
12/22/2014XTO Energy, Inc. to Restore Areas Damaged by Natural Gas Extraction Activities
12/22/2014EPA Tips for Building a Cleaner Fire this Holiday Season
12/19/2014Florida Company Included in EPA Action to Protect Public from Harmful Lead Exposure
12/19/2014EPA Announces First National Regulations to Safeguard Disposal of Coal Ash
12/19/2014New England Ski Companies Reminded that Oil Spill Prevention Protects the Environment
12/19/2014EPA Designates Idaho’s West Silver Valley as being in “Non-Attainment” for Fine Particle Air Pollution
12/19/2014EPA Takes Action to Protect Public from Harmful Lead Exposure
12/18/2014EPA announces 2014 annual environmental enforcement results
12/18/2014For Old Electronics: Don’t Think Trash. Think e-Cycling
12/18/2014EPA Announces 2013 Report Card Grade for the Mystic River Watershed
12/18/2014Two Texas Companies and Four Chinese Manufacturers Found to Be in Violation of Clean Air Act for Selling More than 11,000 Uncertified Motorcycles and ATVs/
EPA has also denied applications for certificates to these companies for sale of model year 2015 vehicles in the US
12/18/2014EPA Settlements with Violators Benefit Communities; More than $1.8 million in special environmental projects from companies in TX, LA, and NM
12/18/2014
EPA Announces 2014 Annual Environmental Enforcement Results Including Settlements with Entities Across the Southeast
12/18/2014EPA Announces 2014 Annual Environmental Enforcement Results
12/17/2014EPA Region 7 Receives Report of Groundwater Analysis by U.S. Geological Survey for West Lake Landfill Superfund Site
12/17/2014EPA Awards Additional GLRI Funding to Federal and State Agencies to Expand Efforts to Target Harmful Algal Blooms in Lake Erie
12/17/2014EPA and Texas Collaborate to Supply Safe Drinking Water to Texans
12/17/2014EPA awards $600,000 to Oakland, Calif. health nonprofit to help fight asthma in schools nationwide
12/17/2014EPA Prevents Harmful Chemicals from Entering the Marketplace
12/16/2014EPA Celebrates 40th Anniversary of the Safe Drinking Water Act
12/16/2014Protecting a Vital Resource for Safe and Healthy Communities: EPA Celebrates 40th Anniversary of Safe Drinking Water Act
12/16/2014EPA Helps Protect New Mexico’s most Irreplaceable Resource—Water
12/16/2014This Season, Let’s Celebrate Clean Water
12/16/2014EPA Applauds Work of Bennington College Students to Help Community Increase Energy Efficiency, Battle Climate Change
12/16/2014Federal Agencies Support Virginia’s Innovative Market-based Approach to Improving Water Quality in Chesapeake Bay
12/16/2014EPA Approves Delaware Plan to Improve Water Quality, Cut Greenhouse Gases
12/16/2014TODAY: EPA, USDA and White House to Highlight New Market-Based Water Quality Trading Program in Virginia
12/15/2014EPA to announce grant funding for Oakland, Calif. health nonprofit to help fight asthma in schools nationwide
12/15/2014EPA Improves Drinking Water Infrastructure in
Ark. with $13 Million Grant
12/15/2014Dorchester, Mass. Landlords Will Remove Lead Hazards from Residential Properties under EPA Settlement
12/15/2014EPA to Celebrate 40th Anniversary of the Safe Drinking Water Act, Highlight Past Successes and Small System Challenges
12/15/2014EPA Provides a Quarter Million Dollars to Protect Wetlands in New York
12/15/2014EPA Provides Over Half a Million Dollars to Protect Wetlands in New Jersey
12/15/2014TUESDAY: EPA, USDA and White House to Highlight New Market-Based Water Quality Trading Program in Virginia
12/12/2014TODAY: EPA Administrator in Durham to Tour Energy Efficient Habitat for Humanity Home, Highlight New Energy Star Tool
12/12/2014TODAY: EPA Administrator in Durham to Tour Energy Efficient Habitat for Humanity Home, Highlight New ENERGY STAR Tool
12/12/2014EPA Finalizes Greenhouse Gas Permit for Magellan Processing; $400M project will add 500 construction jobs, 105 long-term jobs to Corpus Christi economy
12/12/2014TUESDAY: EPA, USDA and White House to Highlight New Market-Based Water Quality Trading Program in Virginia
12/11/2014EPA Issues Albuquerque-Area Permit to Protect Rio Grande River
12/11/2014FRIDAY: EPA Administrator in Durham to Tour Energy Efficient Habitat for Humanity Home, Highlight New ENERGY STAR Tool
12/11/2014EPA adds former Colorado Smelter site in Pueblo, Colo. to Superfund list
12/11/2014FRIDAY: EPA Administrator in Durham to Tour Energy Efficient Habitat for Humanity Home, Highlight New Energy Star Tool
12/10/2014EPA Awards Texas $2.5 million to Reduce Water
Contamination Risk in Underground Tanks
12/10/2014EPA Awards Cherokee Nation $205,000
to Manage Environmental Programs
12/10/2014EPA Takes Action to Protect Consumers from Harmful Chemicals that can Cause Reproductive and Developmental Harm
12/10/2014EPA Rule Promotes Responsible Hazardous Materials Recycling, Protects Communities
12/09/2014Playa Grande Beach on the Vieques National Wildlife Refuge Closed to Protect Public While Potential Munition Is Investigated
12/08/2014North Slope fuel distributor violated oil spill prevention and response safety rules
12/08/2014EPA Approves Iowa’s State Implementation Plan for Reducing Particulate Matter in Muscatine’s Air
12/08/2014EPA announces new ENERGY STAR tool and tips to save money and energy this winter
12/08/2014TOMORROW: EPA Administrator to Deliver Remarks at Two Events at the National Press Club
12/08/2014Maine Pulp Mill and Connecticut Cardboard Manufacturing Company Settle Clean Water Act Violations
12/08/2014EPA finalizes Libby Amphibole Asbestos health assessment (Mont.)
12/08/2014EPA Finalizes Libby Amphibole Asbestos Health Assessment/Risk assessment shows EPA cleanup has reduced cancer and non-cancer risks in Libby and Troy
12/08/2014EPA grant will upgrade Cape May-Lewes Ferry
with diesel clean air technology
12/08/2014EPA Presidential Advisory Committee Issues Report on Ecological Restoration in the U.S. - Mexico Border Region
12/08/2014EPA Announces New Energy Star Tool for Homeowners to Save Money, Energy This Winter
12/05/2014Groundwater Cleanup to Begin at Smalley-Piper Superfund Site in Collierville, TN
12/04/2014Obama Administration Selects Los Angeles, Calif., Ajo, Ariz. and Fallon, Nev. to Develop Local Food Projects, Encourage Economic Expansion
12/04/2014Obama Administration selects Los Angeles Institute to improve access to local foods in low income communities
12/04/2014EPA Settlement Requires Biddeford, Maine Company to Buy Emergency Response Equipment for Local Fire Department
12/04/2014EPA Finalizes Greenhouse Gas Permit for Guadalupe Power; Additions will bring over an estimated $125 million in capital investments and increased jobs
12/04/2014Obama Administration Selects Tuskegee, Alabama to Develop Local Food Projects, Encourage Economic Expansion/ Local Foods, Local Places Initiative encourages creative economic development in 26 communities in 19 states
12/04/2014Obama Administration Selects Itta Bena and Clarksdale, Mississippi to Develop Local Food Projects, Encourage Economic Expansion/ Local Foods, Local Places Initiative encourages creative economic development in 26 communities in 19 states
12/04/2014Obama Administration Selects Rocky Mount, North Carolina to Develop Local Food Projects, Encourage Economic Expansion/ Local Foods, Local Places Initiative encourages creative economic development in 26 communities in 19 states
12/04/2014Taking Energy Efficient Measures Now Can Loosen Winter’s Grip on Your Home, Wallet
12/03/2014Obama Administration Selects Hazard and Barbourville, Kentucky to Develop Local Food Projects, Encourage Economic Expansion/ Local Foods, Local Places Initiative encourages creative economic development in 26 communities in 19 states
12/03/2014Obama Administration Selects Tracy City, Tennessee to Develop Local Food Projects, Encourage Economic Expansion/ Local Foods, Local Places Initiative encourages creative economic development in 26 communities in 19 states
12/03/2014Wichita and Affiliated Tribes Strengthen
Environmental Programs with EPA Grant
12/03/2014Obama Administration Selects 26 Communities to Develop Local Food Projects, Encourage Economic Expansion/
Local Foods, Local Places Initiative encourages creative economic development in 26 communities in 19 states
12/03/2014Unity, Maine Selected for “Local foods, Local Places” Program
12/03/2014EPA honors 2014 Green Power Leaders
12/03/2014EPA Announces Environmental Education Grants for Syracuse University and the Onondaga Environmental Institute
12/03/2014Organizations Pledge Support, Align Resources with Urban Waters Federal Partnership
12/02/2014MEDIA ADVISORY: EPA to present Green Power Leadership Awards at Renewable Energy Markets Conference in Sacramento, Calif.
12/02/2014EPA to Evaluate 22 Previously Cleaned Superfund Sites
12/02/2014Deadline Extended to Apply for EPA’s 2015 Environmental Justice Small Grants Program
12/02/2014EPA releases final Lower Duwamish Waterway Superfund cleanup plan
12/01/2014EPA to Begin Cleanup at Blue Ridge Plating Site in Arden, N.C.
12/01/2014EPA Issues First “Re-use” Awards for New England Superfund Sites
11/26/2014As Wood Stove Changeout Program Brings Cleaner Air to Southeastern New England, EPA Offers Advice for Safer, Cleaner Wood-Burning
11/26/2014EPA Proposes Smog Standards to Safeguard Americans from Air Pollution
11/25/2014EPA Awards Kentucky-based Conference of Radiation Control Directors Grant to Reduce Indoor Pollutant Exposure and Protect Public Health
11/25/201411:00AM: EPA Administrator to Hold Media Call on a Clean Air Act Announcement
11/25/2014EPA Finalizes Greenhouse Gas Permit for Carbon Capture Facility; Facility will bring nearly $300 million in capital investments
and increase natural gas processing
11/25/2014EPA Completes Reviews of 25 New England Site Cleanups during FY2014
11/25/2014EPA protects central Arizona tribal lands by requiring safe handling of hazardous waste and pesticides
11/25/2014EPA, San Jose, recycler celebrate food waste to energy conversion
11/25/2014Comment Period Extended until Jan. 14, 2015 for Proposed Cleanup Plan for Nuclear Metals Superfund Site in Concord, Mass.; Public Hearing will be Wed. Dec. 10
11/24/2014MEDIA ADVISORY: EPA and City of San José officials will tour zero waste facility turning food scraps into renewable energy
11/24/2014EPA Awards Grants to Reduce Indoor Pollutant Exposure, Protect Public Health / Eight organizations in Calif., DC, Ill., Kan., Ky., and Md. receive funding to minimize exposure to indoor pollutants
11/24/2014EPA Solicits Applicants for the 2015 Environmental Justice Small Grants Program
11/24/2014EPA Plan Will Reduce Pollution and Improve Visibility in Texas, Oklahoma
11/24/2014Beazer East Completes Cleanup of Over 100 Residential Structures at the Cabot Koppers Site in Gainesville, Fla.
11/21/2014EPA helps California’s Redwood Valley County Water District prepare for a changing climate

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