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EPA announces Minnesota communities to receive Brownfields Cleanup, Assessment and Revolving Loan Fund Grants to help build a better America while advancing environmental justice May 18, 2022 Contact Information DULUTH (May 18, 2022) – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 Administrator Debra Shore joined Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Commissioner Katrina Kessler and Duluth Mayor Emily Larson…

May 18, 2022 Contact Information WASHINGTON -- Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing more than $4.7M in research grants to seven institutions for research to advance measurement and monitoring methods for air toxics and contaminants of emerging concern in the atmosphere. “While we have made great strides in reducing air pollution, there is…

May 18, 2022 Contact Information BOSTON (May 18, 2022) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded the University of Vermont approximately $200,000 in funding to perform a study to assess current capacity at on farm digesters to accept food wastes; the potential impacts of food waste co-digestion on biogas production; and the potential impacts…

Funding Includes First-Ever Brownfields-Specific Funding under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law May 17, 2022 Contact Information SAN JUAN, P.R. – The Biden Administration through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced that it is awarding $254.5 million in Brownfields Grants to 265 communities, including four grants totaling $1,600,400 across Puerto Rico. These grants are supported by President Biden’s…