President Donald Trump’s signing of a bill overturning a rule aimed at protecting rivers from surface coal mining debris has been welcomed by a conservative advocacy group based in Washington D.C.
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The city of Middlesboro, Kentucky, is among 18 communities that were awarded about $3.8 million in grants from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to create plans for cleanup and reuse of brownfield sites as part of the Brownfields Area-Wide program, the EPA said in a release.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said in a recent release that it is accepting nominations for the Region 4 Rain Catcher Awards for excellence in implementation of stormwater green infrastructure projects over the last year.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently awarded a $1.8 million grant to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to “improve the financial and managerial capabilities of small public water systems across the country," the agency said.
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The US Environmental Protection Agency recently named the University of South Florida
among 19 recipients of grants to help in the clean up and reuse of brownfield sites.
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The school boards of Orange County and Saint Lucie County in Florida will receive rebates of $240,000 and $200,000, respectively, through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) funding, the EPA said in a release.
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Manatee County, Florida, is one of 25 U.S. communities that will receive technical assistance from the Environmental Protection Agency through the Building Blocks for Sustainable Communities program.
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Babington Technology in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, recently was awarded a $100,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to develop improved cookstove combustion technologies as part of $1.3 million in funding for 13 small businesses to counter environmental issues.
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The U.S. EPA Gulf of Mexico Program recently awarded $295,000 to the Escambia County Board of County Commissioners through a cooperative agreement for the Bayou Chico Water Quality Improvements project.
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The Environmental Protection Agency recently said that Hattiesburg, Mississippi, will receive $150,000 in technical assistance to develop long-term strategies for stormwater pollution management using a package of EPA tools.
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In an effort to better environmental policy work and produce internship possibilities for students interested in ecological careers, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has signed a partnership with Edward Waters College.
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The Environmental Protection Agency recently awarded a $60,000 grant through the Urban Waters Small Grants Program to restore Atlanta’s Proctor Creek through two green infrastructure projects that will be managed by The Conservation Fund.
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently recognized 20 of its partners in the WaterSense program, which has resulted in Americans conserving more than 1.5 trillion gallons of water since 2006, as well as saving $32.6 billion on their water and energy bills.
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded $120,000 to North Carolina’s Cape Fear River Watch Inc through a competitive environmental justice cooperative agreement.
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A cooperative project involving the Environmental Protection Agency, North Carolina and local organizations is providing residents of Rougemont, North Carolina, with a permanent source of clean drinking water for the first time since 1992.
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Two companies based in North Carolina – Lowe’s Companies Inc. and Transportation Insight LLC — recently received 2016 SmartWay Excellence Awards from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in recognition of their efforts to reduce their carbon
footprints.
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North Carolina State University at Raleigh recently won a $800,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to study the value of high water quality in Southeast watersheds impacted by increasing development.
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Conyers, Georgia’s Hillphoenix recently earned the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) GreenChill Store Certification Excellence Award for this year due to its outstanding number of GreenChill Store Certifications.re
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The second class of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Environmental Justice (EJ) Academy recently kicked off the nine-month leadership development program with a special induction ceremony in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Spartanburg, South Carolina, recently hosted a Clean Energy Savings for All Summit, allowing local community members to engage with officials from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Obama Administration on their efforts to increase access
to renewable energy.
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