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The EPA Region 6 Announces a Total of $23 Million to Organizations to Advance Environmental Justice
By EPA Newswire | Apr 21, 2023
News Release: DALLAS, TEXAS (April 20th, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced The Deep South for Environmental Justice and the New Mexico State University has been selected to serve as Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Centers (EJ TCTACs) that will receive ...
EPA Seeks Input on Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding to Support Clean Water in Underserved Gulf of Mexico Communities
By EPA Newswire | Apr 21, 2023
News Release: EPA Seeks Input on Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding to Support Clean Water in Underserved Gulf of Mexico Communities Contact: EPA Region 4 Press Office - (404) 562-8400, region4press@epa.gov ATLANTA (April 20, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced two virtual opportunities ...
Chairs Rodgers & Johnson to EPA: “Stop Forcing Your Rush-to-Green Mandates on our School Districts”
By EPA Newswire | Apr 21, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Environment, Manufacturing, & Critical Materials Subcommittee Chair Bill Johnson (R-OH) sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan demanding answers for why the administration...
Settlements with three natural gas processors to reduce air pollution in Colorado, North Dakota, Wyoming, the Southern Ute Reservation, and the Uintah and Ouray Reservation
By EPA Newswire | Apr 21, 2023
News Release: DENVER - The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced three separate Clean Air Act settlements with natural gas processors WES DJ Gathering LLC f/k/a/ Kerr McGee Gathering, LLC; MPLX LP; and The Williams Companies, Inc., et al which will require the companies ...
EPA proposes Superfund cleanup plan for East Waterway
By EPA Newswire | Apr 21, 2023
News Release: The Environmental Protection Agency today released an aggressive $290 million plan to reduce the amount of pollution in Seattle’s East Waterway, one of two industrial channels of the Lower Duwamish River below the Spokane Street Bridge.
EPA Announces $191 Million WIFIA Loan to Wichita, Kansas to Improve Water Quality in Mississippi River Basin
By EPA Newswire | Apr 21, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON (April 20, 2023) — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a $191 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan to the City of Wichita, Kansas to support its Biological Nutrient Removal Improvements Program. This WIFIA loan will help the City ...
EPA Celebrates the 2023 Winners for the Presidential Environmental Youth Award (PEYA) and the Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators (PIAEE)
By EPA Newswire | Apr 21, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in partnership with the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), is pleased to announce the 2023 recipients of the Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators (PIAEE) and the President’s Environmental Youth Award (PEYA).
Chairs Rodgers & Johnson to EPA: “Stop Forcing Your Rush-to-Green Mandates on our School Districts”
By EPA Newswire | Apr 21, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Environment, Manufacturing, & Critical Materials Subcommittee Chair Bill Johnson (R-OH) sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan demanding answers for why the administration...
Energy and Commerce Leaders Announce Hearing on Guaranteeing Data Privacy Protections Online
By EPA Newswire | Apr 21, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) today announced a hearing titled "Addressing America's Data Privacy Shortfalls: How a National Standard Fills Gaps to Protect Americans' Personal Information."
The Williams Companies and Related Entities Resolve Clean Air Act Violations at Alabama Natural Gas Processing Plant and 14 Other Facilities
By EPA Newswire | Apr 21, 2023
News Release: ATLANTA (April 20, 2023) – Today, the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the Southern Ute Indian Tribe, the states of Alabama, Colorado, West Virginia and Wyoming, and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality announced a settlement that will reduce pollution at 15 natural gas processing plants, including the Mobile Bay natural gas processing plant in Coden, Alabama.
EPA Proposes Ban on All Consumer, Most Industrial and Commercial Uses of Methylene Chloride to Protect Public Health
By EPA Newswire | Apr 21, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the latest action to protect public health under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), proposing a ban on most uses of methylene chloride, a dangerous chemical known to cause serious health risks and even death. Today’s proposal ...
Chairs Rodgers, Griffith Announce Subcommittee Hearing on Biosafety and Risky Research
By EPA Newswire | Apr 21, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today announced a hearing titled "Biosafety and Risky Research: Examining if Science is Outpacing Policy and Safety."
Chairs Rodgers, Griffith Announce Subcommittee Hearing on Biosafety and Risky Research
By EPA Newswire | Apr 21, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today announced a hearing titled "Biosafety and Risky Research: Examining if Science is Outpacing Policy and Safety."
Chair Rodgers Opening Statement on Building a Stronger Health Workforce and Improving Primary Care
By EPA Newswire | Apr 20, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered opening remarks at today’s Health Subcommittee hearing titled “Examining Existing Federal Programs to Build a Stronger Health Workforce and Improve Primary Care."
E&C Leaders Announce Hearing on Exposing the Environmental, Human Rights, & National Security Risks of the Biden’s Rush to Green Policies
By EPA Newswire | Apr 20, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) and Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee Chair Bill Johnson (R-OH) today announced a hearing titled “Exposing the Environmental, Human Rights and National Security Risks of the Biden Administration's Rush to Green Policies."
Chair Rodgers on Solutions to Lift Permitting Burdens to Deploy Broadband
By EPA Newswire | Apr 20, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered opening remarks at today’s Communication and Technology Subcommittee hearing titled “Breaking Barriers: Streamlining Permitting to Expedite Broadband Deployment."
Chairs Rodgers, Guthrie Announce Bipartisan Health Subcommittee Legislative Hearing on Transparency and Competition
By EPA Newswire | Apr 20, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) today announced a bipartisan subcommittee hearing on Wednesday, April 26, titled “Lowering Unaffordable Costs: Legislative Solutions to Increase Transparency...
Health Subcommittee Chair Guthrie Opening Statement on Building a Stronger Health Workforce and Improving Primary Care
By EPA Newswire | Apr 20, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) delivered the following opening statement at today’s Health Subcommittee hearing titled “Examining Existing Federal Programs to Build a Stronger Health Workforce and Improve Primary Care."
Chair Rodgers: “Data Brokers’ Days of Surveilling in the Dark Should be Over”
By EPA Newswire | Apr 20, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered opening remarks at today’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing titled “Who is Selling Your Data: A Critical Examination of the Role of Data Brokers in the Digital Economy."
O&I Subcommittee Chair Griffith Opening Statement on Data Brokers Collecting and Selling Americans' Data
By EPA Newswire | Apr 20, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA) delivered the following opening remarks during today’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing titled “Who is Selling Your Data: A Critical Examination of the Role of Data Brokers in the Digital Economy."