There were 157 press releases published by the Environmental Protection Agency in April.
The most recent press release, "EPA Announces $5 Million in Grants Available for Tribes and Insular Areas to Replace Diesel Equipment and Reduce Harmful Emissions," was submitted on April 30.
The Environmental Protection Agency published 110 the month before, marking a 42.7 percent increase for the current month.
More than half of the Agency's employees are engineers, scientists and protection specialists. The Climate Reality Project, a global climate activist organization, accused Agency leadership in the last five years of undermining its main mission.
The EPA's budget increased by 18 percent in fiscal year 2022.
Data collected on Sept. 1 by the Environmental Protection Agency
Press releases by the Environmental Protection Agency in April
| Title | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| EPA Announces $5 Million in Grants Available for Tribes and Insular Areas to Replace Diesel Equipment and Reduce Harmful Emissions | 04/30/2021 |
| EPA Announces 50th WIFIA Loan—$33 Million to Support Climate Resiliency in Roseville, California | 04/30/2021 |
| EPA Announces $500,000 in Grants Available for U.S. Territories to Replace Diesel Equipment and Reduce Harmful Emissions | 04/30/2021 |
| EPA Announces $4.5 Million in Grants Available for Tribes to Replace Diesel Equipment and Reduce Harmful Emissions | 04/30/2021 |
| Janet McCabe Sworn in as 16th EPA Deputy Administrator | 04/29/2021 |
| Administrator Regan Statement on the First 100 Days of the Biden-Harris Administration | 04/29/2021 |
| EPA Announces Plan to Update Toxics Release Inventory to Advance Environmental Justice | 04/29/2021 |
| EPA Announces Public Comment Period for Additions to Minnesota’s Impaired Waters List | 04/29/2021 |
| EPA Releases Tools to Help Reduce Nutrients in Water, Improve Public Health and Support Ecosystems | 04/29/2021 |
| PCBs removed from Crown Vantage Side Channel as part of EPA’s Kalamazoo River Superfund cleanup | 04/28/2021 |
| EPA Awards Pittsburgh Company with Nearly $400,000 for Work on the Carbonation of Mine Water | 04/28/2021 |
| EPA recognizes University of Pennsylvania with RainWorks award for green infrastructure project | 04/28/2021 |
| EPA Selects Groundwater Cleanup Plan for Landfill and Resource Recovery, Inc. Superfund Site in N. Smithfield, R.I. | 04/28/2021 |
| EPA recognizes University of Pittsburgh with RainWorks award for green infrastructure project | 04/28/2021 |
| EPA awards $9 Million to Alaska Native Villages to Improve Drinking Water Access | 04/28/2021 |
| EPA Extends Public Comment Period on Proposed Plan for Interim Action to Clean Up Contaminated Sediment in the Lower Passaic River Study Area of the Diamond Alkali Superfund Site, New Jersey | 04/28/2021 |
| EPA Announces $6.5 Billion in New Funding for Water Infrastructure Projects | 04/27/2021 |
| EPA Awards $20,000 to Providence Creek Academy Charter School in Delaware for a New Clean School Bus | 04/27/2021 |
| EPA Awards $350,000 to Replace 13 Old Diesel School Buses in Pennsylvania | 04/27/2021 |
| EPA Awards $300,000 to four Virginia School Districts to Replace 15 School Buses | 04/27/2021 |
| EPA to accept applications for grants that enhance recycling markets or reduce food waste until June 1 | 04/27/2021 |
| EPA Administrator Regan Establishes New Council on PFAS | 04/27/2021 |
| EPA Awards $20,000 to Swann Transportation Inc. in St. Mary’s County, Maryland for a New Clean School Bus | 04/27/2021 |
| EPA Awards $80,000 to Upshur County Board of Education in West Virginia for New Clean School Buses | 04/27/2021 |
| EPA Reconsiders Previous Administration’s Withdrawal of California’s Waiver to Enforce Greenhouse Gas Standards for Cars and Light Trucks | 04/26/2021 |
| Settlement Agreement Reimburses Taxpayers for Cost of Removing Hazards at Springfield, Vt. Facility | 04/26/2021 |
| EPA to Provide Building Blocks Assistance to Orange County, Florida | 04/23/2021 |
| EPA Administrator Regan Announces New Initiatives to Support Environmental Justice and Climate Action | 04/23/2021 |
| EPA to Provide Building Blocks Assistance to Saint Helena Island and Beaufort County, South Carolina | 04/22/2021 |
| EPA Region 7 Launches 2021 ‘See a Bloom, Give It Room: Urban Waters Edition’ Video Challenge | 04/22/2021 |
| EPA to Provide Building Blocks Assistance to Nolensville, Tennessee | 04/22/2021 |
| EPA New England Celebrates Earth Day by Opening Nomination Period for Annual Environmental Merit Awards | 04/22/2021 |
| EPA Selects West Virginia University Research Corporation for $1 Million Training and Technical Assistance Funding | 04/22/2021 |
| EPA’s Southeast Region Celebrates Earth Day | 04/22/2021 |
| Settlement Will Result in Improved Stormwater Controls at Newport Naval Station | 04/21/2021 |
| Adrenaline Performance LLC pays $48,600 penalty for selling, installing emissions controls ‘defeat’ devices | 04/21/2021 |
| EPA Awards $400,000 to Los Angeles Small Business to Support Commercialization of Environmental Technologies | 04/21/2021 |
| EPA Awards $80,000 in School Bus Rebates to School Districts in Mississippi | 04/20/2021 |
| EPA awards $500,000 to clean up 25 school buses in Region 8 states | 04/20/2021 |
| EPA Awards $40,000 in School Bus Rebates to School District in Alabama | 04/20/2021 |
| EPA Awards $60,000 to Clean Up School Buses in Indiana | 04/20/2021 |
| EPA Awards $800,000 to Small Businesses in Ithaca and Potsdam, New York to Support Commercialization of Environmental Technologies | 04/20/2021 |
| EPA Awards $400,000 to NanoAffix Science, LLC, in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, to Support Commercialization of Environmental Technologies | 04/20/2021 |
| EPA Awards $130,000 to Clean Up School Buses in Illinois | 04/20/2021 |
| EPA Awards $500,000 to Clean Up 25 School Buses in New Jersey | 04/20/2021 |
| EPA Awards $10.5 Million to Cut U.S. School Bus Emissions, Replace California Diesel Buses with Electric | 04/20/2021 |
| EPA Awards Four Nebraska School Districts $100,000 for Older Diesel Bus Replacement | 04/20/2021 |
| Boulder, Colo. company among small businesses receiving EPA funds to commercialize environmental technologies | 04/20/2021 |
| EPA Awards $645,000 to Clean Up School Buses in Minnesota | 04/20/2021 |
| EPA Selects Six Organizations to Receive $11 Million in Funding to Deliver Training and Technical Assistance to Brownfield-Impacted Communities Nationwide, Including New Jersey Institute of Technology | 04/20/2021 |
| EPA Awards Seven School Districts, Bus Company $240,000 for Old Diesel Bus Replacement in Missouri | 04/20/2021 |
| EPA Awards $16 million in Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Grants to Central Michigan and Clarkson Universities | 04/20/2021 |
| EPA Settlement with Trucking Company will Improve Safety Measures at No. Smithfield, R.I. Facility | 04/20/2021 |
| EPA Awards $20,000 in School Bus Rebates to School District in Tennessee | 04/20/2021 |
| EPA Awards $360,000 in School Bus Rebates to School Districts in Florida | 04/20/2021 |
| EPA Awards Over $900,000 to Clean Up 46 School Buses in New York | 04/20/2021 |
| EPA Awards $735,000 in School Bus Rebates to School Districts in Kentucky | 04/20/2021 |
| EPA Awards Over $3 Million to Small Businesses to Support Commercialization of Environmental Technologies | 04/20/2021 |
| EPA Awards $480,000 in School Bus Rebates to School Districts in South Carolina | 04/20/2021 |
| EPA Awards $20,000 to Maine School District to Replace School Bus | 04/20/2021 |
| EPA Awards Eight Kansas School Districts $320,000 for Old Diesel Bus Replacement | 04/20/2021 |
| EPA awards $615,000 to clean up school buses in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington communities | 04/20/2021 |
| EPA Awards Three Iowa School Districts $70,000 for Older Diesel Bus Replacement | 04/20/2021 |
| EPA Awards $450,000 in School Bus Rebates to School Districts in Georgia | 04/20/2021 |
| EPA Selects Kansas State University to Receive Funding to Deliver Training and Technical Assistance to Brownfield-Impacted Communities in Region 6 | 04/20/2021 |
| EPA Awards $625,000 to Clean Up School Buses in Ohio | 04/20/2021 |
| EPA Awards $240,000 to Clean Up School Buses in Michigan | 04/20/2021 |
| EPA Awards Over $250,000 to Replace 13 School Buses in Connecticut | 04/20/2021 |
| EPA Awards Nearly 400k to Billerica, Mass. Small Business to Support Commercialization of Environmental Technology Project | 04/20/2021 |
| EPA Awards $390,000 to Clean Up School Buses in Wisconsin | 04/20/2021 |
| EPA Selects UConn to Receive $1 Million in Funding to Deliver Training and Technical Assistance to Brownfield-Impacted Communities in New England | 04/19/2021 |
| EPA Announces Winners of 9th Annual Campus RainWorks Challenge | 04/19/2021 |
| University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Awarded Honorable Mention in EPA’s 9th-Annual Campus RainWorks Challenge | 04/19/2021 |
| Florida International University Awarded 2nd Place in EPA’s 9th-Annual Campus RainWorks Challenge | 04/19/2021 |
| EPA Selects Six Organizations to Receive $11 Million in Funding to Deliver Training and Technical Assistance to Brownfield-Impacted Communities Nationwide | 04/19/2021 |
| EPA penalizes Univar Solutions USA $165,000 for violations of federal pesticide laws | 04/19/2021 |
| EPA Selects University of Texas at Arlington as Winner of 9th Annual Campus RainWorks Challenge | 04/19/2021 |
| K-State Selected for $5 Million in EPA Funding to Deliver Training, Technical Assistance to Brownfield-Impacted Communities | 04/19/2021 |
| EPA Selects Six Organizations to Receive $11 Million in Funding to Deliver Training and Technical Assistance to Brownfield-Impacted Communities Nationwide | 04/19/2021 |
| EPA Awards $10.5 Million to Clean Up 473 School Buses in 40 States | 04/19/2021 |
| EPA and PADEP to hold virtual public meeting to take comment on federal, state settlement with American Zinc Recycling Corp. | 04/16/2021 |
| EPA Announces $49 Million Loan to Florida Keys to Enhance Climate Resilience of Drinking Water System | 04/15/2021 |
| Administrator Regan Announces $97 Million Loan for Improved Water Infrastructure in Louisville and Jefferson County, Kentucky | 04/15/2021 |
| Four New England Facilities Provide Public with Chemical Information under EPA Settlements | 04/15/2021 |
| Administrator Regan Announces $156 Million Loan to DC Water to Accelerate Critical Infrastructure Repairs | 04/15/2021 |
| Administrator Regan Announces $300 Million in Water Infrastructure Investments | 04/15/2021 |
| EPA Reaches Settlement with Winfield Solutions LLC for Alleged Clean Air Act Violation at Dodge City Facility | 04/15/2021 |
| EPA Announces Outagamie County Meets Federal Air Quality Standard for Sulfur Dioxide | 04/14/2021 |
| EPA cites Idaho Transportation Department facility in Rigby for federal asbestos violations | 04/14/2021 |
| EPA Publishes 28th Annual U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory | 04/14/2021 |
| EPA Proposes Plan for Interim Action to Clean Up Contaminated Sediment in the Lower Passaic River Study Area of the Diamond Alkali Superfund Site, New Jersey | 04/14/2021 |
| EPA Honors 2021 ENERGY STAR® Award Winners | 04/13/2021 |
| EPA Honors 2021 Energy Star Partners of the Year in Pennsylvania | 04/13/2021 |
| U.S. EPA Invites Santa Clara Co. Water District to Apply for Infrastructure Loan to Ensure Reliable and Safe Drinking Water in the Face of Climate Change | 04/13/2021 |
| U.S. EPA Honors 2021 ENERGY STAR® Partners of the Year Award Winners in Louisiana. | 04/13/2021 |
| EPA Honors 2021 Energy Star Partners of the Year in Maryland | 04/13/2021 |
| Appalachian Power Company Wins EPA Honors as 2021 Energy Star Partner of the Year– Sustained Excellence Award | 04/13/2021 |
| U.S. Government and State of Illinois Announce Agreement with ExxonMobil’s Joliet Refinery to Reduce Air Pollution | 04/13/2021 |
| U.S. EPA Honors 2021 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year Award Winner in Oklahoma | 04/13/2021 |
| EPA Honors Four 2021 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year Award Winners in Missouri | 04/13/2021 |
| U.S. EPA Honors 2021 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year Award Winner in N.M. | 04/13/2021 |
| EPA Honors Two 2021 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year Award Winners in Iowa | 04/13/2021 |
| U.S. EPA Honors 2021 ENERGY STAR® Partners of the Year Award Winners in Texas | 04/13/2021 |
| EPA Honors 2021 Energy Star Partners of the Year in Virginia | 04/13/2021 |
| U.S. EPA Honors 2021 ENERGY STAR® Partners of the Year Award Winners in New York | 04/13/2021 |
| EPA Celebrates Koch Industries in Wichita as 2021 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year | 04/13/2021 |
| EPA honors 2021 ENERGY STAR® Partners of the Year Award winners in Colorado and South Dakota | 04/13/2021 |
| U.S. EPA Honors 2021 ENERGY STAR® Partners of the Year Award Winners in Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Nevada | 04/13/2021 |
| U.S. EPA Honors 2021 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year Award Winner in Arkansas | 04/13/2021 |
| EPA Honors 2021 Energy Star Partners of the Year in D.C. | 04/13/2021 |
| EPA Honors 14 New England-based 2021 ENERGY STAR Partners of the Year Award Winners | 04/13/2021 |
| EPA Honors 2021 ENERGY STAR® Partners of the Year Award Winners in the Pacific Northwest | 04/13/2021 |
| EPA Awards Energize Delaware Energy Star Partner of the Year for Sustained Excellence | 04/13/2021 |
| U.S. EPA Honors 2021 ENERGY STAR® Partners of the Year Award Winners in New Jersey | 04/13/2021 |
| EPA Invites Joliet to Apply for $441 Million Water Infrastructure Loan | 04/13/2021 |
| EPA resumes lead-contaminated soil cleanup at residential properties in Lyons, Illinois | 04/12/2021 |
| EPA Issues Record of Decision Related to Combined Sewer Overflow Impacts on the Newtown Creek Superfund Site in New York City | 04/12/2021 |
| EPA proposes settlement with Arrow Midstream to resolve produced water releases on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota | 04/12/2021 |
| EPA begins final thermal treatment phase of soil cleanup at the Velsicol Superfund site in St. Louis, Michigan | 04/12/2021 |
| EPA Releases Updated Tool to Help Communities Protect Recreational Waters | 04/09/2021 |
| Statement by Administrator Regan on the President’s FY 2022 Discretionary Funding Request | 04/09/2021 |
| EPA Releases Updated PFBS Toxicity Assessment After Rigorous Scientific Review | 04/08/2021 |
| EPA To Host Brownfields Stakeholder Session on April 23rd to Hear from Nonprofit Organizations and Community Foundations Across the Country on Their Work at Sites in Underserved Communities | 04/08/2021 |
| Pennsylvania companies settle alleged Clean Air Act violations involving aftermarket devices for diesel trucks | 04/08/2021 |
| EPA Seeks Environmental Education Experts to Serve on the National Environmental Education Advisory Council | 04/08/2021 |
| South Portland Manufacturer Pays Penalty for Violating Chemical Handling Regulations | 04/08/2021 |
| EPA Settlement with Adhesive Manufacturer Improves Tank and Equipment Safety at Rockland, Mass. Facility | 04/08/2021 |
| The United States Seeks Court Approval of Modification to Settlement Covering the St. Croix Limetree Bay Facility located in the U.S. Virgin Islands | 04/08/2021 |
| U.S. EPA Program Funds California Watershed Restoration | 04/08/2021 |
| U.S. EPA announces nearly $200,000 to Small Northern California Businesses for Developing Environmental Technologies | 04/07/2021 |
| New agreement marks critical step forward in delivering reliable drinking water to hundreds of thousands | 04/07/2021 |
| EPA Administrator Announces Agency Actions to Advance Environmental Justice | 04/07/2021 |
| EPA Announces $100,000 Small Business Innovation Research Award for Faraday Technology, Inc. in Englewood, Ohio | 04/07/2021 |
| New Bedford Seafood Processor Pays Penalty for Violating Chemical Accident Prevention Regulations | 04/07/2021 |
| Three Southern California Small Businesses Selected for EPA Funding to Develop Innovative Environmental Technologies | 04/07/2021 |
| EPA awards Fort Worth company $100,000 to remove oil and grease waste from sewer systems | 04/07/2021 |
| EPA Announces $100,000 Small Business Innovation Research Award for Purafide in Ann Arbor | 04/07/2021 |
| EPA Announces $100,000 in Funding to Kailua Small Business to Develop Low-Greenhouse Gas Fuel | 04/07/2021 |
| EPA Announces $600,000 in Funding to Pacific Southwest Small Businesses to Develop Environmental Technologies | 04/07/2021 |
| EPA’s Floating Laboratory Lake Guardian Sails Again | 04/07/2021 |
| EPA Announces $100,000 Small Business Innovation Research Award for Cyclopure in Skokie | 04/07/2021 |
| EPA Announces $400,000 in Funding to Small Businesses in Alaska and Washington to Develop Innovative Environmental Technologies | 04/06/2021 |
| $100,000 EPA Grant to Small Business in Syracuse, New York Helps Develop Innovative Environmental Technology | 04/06/2021 |
| Bethel, Conn. Company Selected for EPA Small Business Funding to Develop Innovative Environmental Technology | 04/06/2021 |
| EPA Proposes Groundwater and Soil Cleanup for Superfund Site in York, Nebraska | 04/05/2021 |
| EPA Administrator Regan Hosts Water Infrastructure Roundtable with Local Water Utilities and Community Leaders | 04/05/2021 |
| EPA proposes settlement with BNSF to resolve North Platte River oil spill in Wyoming | 04/05/2021 |
| EPA Recognizes Electronics Industry Leaders, including Three Southern California Companies, for Diverting 176,494 Tons of Products from Landfills | 04/02/2021 |
| U.S. EPA orders Nevada and California companies to stop selling illegal disinfectants | 04/01/2021 |
| EPA Reaches Settlement with Hu-Friedy of Chicago to Stop Sale of Pesticide Products | 04/01/2021 |
| EPA Releases Case Study on California’s San Pedro Bay Ports Addressing Air Quality and Environmental Justice in Nearby Communities | 04/01/2021 |
| EPA Approves Cleanup Plan for the Olin Chemical Superfund Site in Wilmington, Mass. | 04/01/2021 |
| EPA Releases Case Study on California’s San Pedro Bay Ports Addressing Air Quality and Environmental Justice in Nearby Communities | 04/01/2021 |
| EPA Announces $67 Million Grant Program to Help Communities Manage Stormwater | 04/01/2021 |
| Multistar pays $135,000 EPA penalty for violations of ammonia storage and risk management rules | 04/01/2021 |
| Joint Statement by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Environment and Climate Change Canada on Environment and Climate Change | 04/01/2021 |
| EPA Proposes Plan for Next Phase of Cleanup at the Sherwin-Williams/Hilliards Creek Superfund Site in Gibbsboro, Lindenwold, and Voorhees, New Jersey | 04/01/2021 |
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