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May 23 2024
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Justice Department, EPA announce $310M settlement with Norfolk Southern in Ohio derailment
United Press InternationalMay 29 2024
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JPS receives more than $9M from EPA to fund energy-efficient school buses
Jackson Public Schools officials announced at a Wednesday press conference a grant of more than $9 million from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to buy energy efficient school buses. JPS Transportation Executive Director Stephanie Harris-Martin told more than 60 attendees the EPA's award of $9.5 million will fund the purchase of 25 new electric buses and supporting infrastructure.
The Clarion-LedgerMay 23 2024
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EPA rejects Alabama plan to store coal ash in unlined ponds near rivers
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency just rejected Alabama’s plan to let utilities leave millions of tons of coal ash in unlined ponds alongside rivers. The EPA, in a formal rejection released today, said Alabama’s plan was “significantly less protective of people and waterways than federal law requires.” Alabama had been locked in a billion-dollar battle with EPA over coal ash since last
AL.comMay 21 2024
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EPA announces almost $7.4M in brownfields grants to rehabilitate and revitalize communities in West Virginia
BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. (WDTV) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced $7.38 million in grant awards to expedite the assessment and cleanup of brownfield sites in West Virginia. Seven communities across the state were selected to receive funding from the EPA’s Brownfields Program. These investments will help transform once-polluted, vacant and abandoned properties into community
WDTV 5May 25 2024
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EPA claims developer didn’t properly dispose of lead-based paint in St. Louis homes
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is accusing a developer for not properly disposing of lead-based paint at eight south St. Louis homes and claims he likely exposed the public to the hazardous material at another 57 local properties. In a lawsuit filed Friday, the EPA alleges that Orlando Askins, of California, and two of his companies, The Askins Development Group and Shaw Holding
St. Louis Post-DispatchMay 21 2024
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Michiana Area Council of Governments receives $1.5 million from EPA to improve neighborhoods
Michiana Area Council of Governments receives $1.5 million from EPA to improve neighborhoods SOUTH BEND, Ind. - The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that the Michiana Area Council of Governments (MACOG) is one of three recipients in Indiana to receive brownfields assessment funding in the latest round. Crawfordsville and DeKalb County received assessment funding and the Indiana
ABC 57May 21 2024
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NE Center for Rural Affairs' $62 million EPA grant will expand solar access
By Claire Carlson for The Daily Yonder. Broadcast version by Deborah Van Fleet for Nebraska News Connection reporting for The Daily Yonder-Public News Service Collaboration A federal grant of $62 million to the nonprofit Center for Rural Affairs in Lyons, Nebraska, will help build residential solar-power installations for Nebraska families who usually can’t afford the cost-saving systems, the
Public News ServiceMay 20 2024
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EPA urges water utilities to protect nation's drinking water amid heightened cyberattacks
"USA Today" ContributorMay 20 2024
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EPA awards $1 million for cleanup and redevelopment projects in Spanish Fork and Murray, Utah
EPA awards $1 million for cleanup and redevelopment projects in Spanish Fork and Murray, Utah Brownfields grant funding to address property contamination and spur economic and community revitalization Spanish Fork, Utah – Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $1 million in Brownfields grant funding to support the environmental assessment, cleanup and redevelopment of
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