There were 149 press releases published by the Environmental Protection Agency in May.
The most recent press release, "Settlement Leads to Halt of Scrap Metal Releases into Mt. Hope Bay," was submitted on May 28.
The Environmental Protection Agency published 157 the month before, marking a 5.1 percent decrease 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 May
| Title | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| Settlement Leads to Halt of Scrap Metal Releases into Mt. Hope Bay | 05/28/2021 |
| Check the UV Index to Stay Safe in the Sun: 106,000 New Skin Cancer Cases Estimated in the United States in 2021 | 05/28/2021 |
| EPA Administrator Regan Meets with Mayor Lightfoot, Community Leaders in Chicago to Advance Environmental Justice | 05/27/2021 |
| City of Marshalltown, Iowa, Selected for $300,000 EPA Brownfields Grant to Address Contaminated Properties | 05/27/2021 |
| EPA Awards $300,000 Brownfields Assessment Grant to Tuskegee, Alabama | 05/27/2021 |
| EPA Announces $10 Million Available for States, Tribes and Territories to Address Environmental Challenges | 05/27/2021 |
| EPA Takes Action to Bolster State and Tribal Authority to Protect Water Resources | 05/27/2021 |
| EPA Provides $7.25 Million for ‘Most Effective’ Cleanup Actions in Chesapeake Bay Watershed | 05/27/2021 |
| Long Island Sound Water Quality Improving in Response to Significant Reductions in Nitrogen Pollution | 05/26/2021 |
| EPA Implements Court Decision Overturning Restrictive Trump-Era Rule; Reaffirms Commitment to Use Best Available Science | 05/26/2021 |
| EPA Announces Public Listening Sessions on the Risk Management Plan Rule | 05/26/2021 |
| Bay Area Communities Awarded $1.5 Million in Revitalization Funds Through EPA’s Brownfields Program | 05/26/2021 |
| Air Pollution Trends Continue to Link Clean Air and Strong Economy | 05/26/2021 |
| The Metropolitan District to Pay Penalty and Meet More Protective Emission Limits at its Sewage Sludge Incinerators Under Proposed Clean Air Act Settlement with EPA | 05/26/2021 |
| San Diego Firm and Owner Pleads Guilty to Illegal Importation, Sale and Mailing of Product Marketed as COVID-19 Killer | 05/26/2021 |
| Ten Communities Selected for EPA Roundtable Discussions on Lead in Drinking Water | 05/26/2021 |
| Long Island Sound Water Quality Improving in Response to Significant Reductions in Nitrogen Pollution | 05/26/2021 |
| EPA Announces the Selection of West Virginia Communities to Receive Nearly $3 Million in Brownfields Assessment and Cleanup Funding | 05/26/2021 |
| EPA Announces City of Houston to Receive $600,000 in Brownfields Assessment Funding | 05/26/2021 |
| EPA to take comments on proposed cleanup plan for Olin Corp. facility in East Alton, Illinois | 05/26/2021 |
| Cleanup complete at former charter school in Dinosaur, Colorado | 05/26/2021 |
| EPA Seeks Input on the Review of Oil and Natural Gas New Source Performance Standards | 05/25/2021 |
| EPA Opens Application Period for Grants Dedicated to Sustainable Pest Control in Agriculture | 05/25/2021 |
| EPA settles federal stormwater violations with Boise builder/developer ZWJ Properties | 05/25/2021 |
| EPA Orders Three Companies in Michigan to Stop Selling Certain Pesticides | 05/25/2021 |
| EPA: Franklin County, Idaho attains Clean Air Act standards for fine particle pollution | 05/24/2021 |
| EPA Mid-Atlantic Recognizes First Asthma Community Champion | 05/24/2021 |
| EPA Announces the Selection of Maryland Communities to Receive $600,000 in Brownfields Assessment Funding | 05/24/2021 |
| U.S. EPA penalizes Lupton, Arizona refinery for violating Clean Air Act chemical safety requirements | 05/24/2021 |
| EPA Announces the Signing of the U.S.-Mexico Environmental Program: Border 2025 Framework Document | 05/24/2021 |
| Sioux City, Iowa, Selected for $300,000 EPA Brownfields Grant to Address Contaminated Properties | 05/21/2021 |
| EPA Administrator Regan Presses for Action on Climate and Environmental Justice at G7 Environment Ministers Meeting | 05/21/2021 |
| Howardville, Missouri, Organization Selected for $600,000 EPA Brownfields Grant to Address Contaminated Properties | 05/21/2021 |
| City of Lincoln, Nebraska, Selected for $800,000 EPA Brownfields Grant to Address Contaminated Properties | 05/21/2021 |
| EPA Removing Portions of the North Penn Area 6 Site from List of Nation’s Most Contaminated Sites | 05/20/2021 |
| EPA and Partners Make Progress on the National Radon Action Plan, Saving Nearly 2,000 Lives Yearly from Radon-Induced Lung Cancer | 05/20/2021 |
| EPA Awards East Tennessee Development District $600,000 a Brownfields Assessment Coalition Grant | 05/20/2021 |
| EPA proposes removing three sites in Bloomington, Indiana, from Superfund List | 05/20/2021 |
| EPA Removing Portions of Palmerton Site from List of Nation’s Most Contaminated Sites | 05/20/2021 |
| EPA awards $800,000 to support the cleanup and redevelopment of properties in Cañon City, Colorado | 05/19/2021 |
| EPA Announces Over $300,000 in Grant Funding for Beach Water Quality Monitoring in New York | 05/19/2021 |
| EPA removes part of Lake Sandy Jo (M&M Landfill) site in Gary, Indiana from Superfund list | 05/19/2021 |
| EPA Announces Over $620,000 in Grant Funding for Beach Water Quality Monitoring in the Caribbean | 05/19/2021 |
| City of Topeka, Kansas, Selected for $300K EPA Brownfields Grant to Address Contaminated Properties | 05/19/2021 |
| EPA Adds New PFAS to its Drinking Water Treatability Database | 05/19/2021 |
| EPA Approves Air Permit for Construction & Operation of Vineyard Wind Offshore Wind Project | 05/19/2021 |
| EPA Announces Over $250,000 in Grant Funding for Beach Water Quality Monitoring in New Jersey | 05/19/2021 |
| EPA Reminds Rhode Islanders about Summer Safety Tips on Woonasquatucket River | 05/19/2021 |
| Work to start in June at former Allied Paper Landfill in Kalamazoo, Michigan, as part of EPA’s Superfund cleanup of Kalamazoo River | 05/19/2021 |
| EPA Awards $492,000 Brownfields Assessment Grant to Natchez, Mississippi | 05/18/2021 |
| EPA proposes partial deletion of South Minneapolis Residential Soil Contamination site from Superfund list | 05/18/2021 |
| EPA Announces the Selection of Three Municipalities in Puerto Rico to Receive $900,000 for Brownfields Cleanup and Assessment | 05/18/2021 |
| EPA Announces New York Air Force Base as one of the 2021 Federal Facility Excellence in Site Reuse Award Winners | 05/18/2021 |
| EPA Selects Girard, Ohio, to Receive $500,000 Brownfields Grant | 05/18/2021 |
| EPA Selects Rural Action, Inc. to Receive $300,000 Brownfields Grant for Abandoned Mine Sites in Perry County, Ohio | 05/18/2021 |
| EPA Selects Stevens Point to Receive $300,000 Brownfields Grant | 05/17/2021 |
| EPA Selects Mankato, Washington County to Receive Brownfields Grants Totaling $900,000 | 05/17/2021 |
| EPA Selects Manitowoc, Milwaukee to Receive Brownfields Grants Totaling $1.1 Million | 05/17/2021 |
| EPA proposes to remove Barrels Inc. site in Lansing from Superfund list | 05/17/2021 |
| Through Public-Private Partnerships, EPA Helps to Advance Efficiency and Reduce Emissions of American Homes and Buildings | 05/17/2021 |
| Settlement Will Result in Wetlands Restoration in Scarborough, Maine Area | 05/17/2021 |
| EPA proposes to delete Arrowhead Refinery Co. site in Hermantown, Minnesota from Superfund list | 05/17/2021 |
| EPA proposes to remove United Scrap Lead Co. site in Troy, Ohio, from Superfund list | 05/17/2021 |
| EPA Settlement with Spectro Alloys Will Reduce Air Pollution in Minnesota | 05/17/2021 |
| EPA Proposes Removing Butler Mine Tunnel from List of Nation’s Most Contaminated Sites | 05/14/2021 |
| EPA Announces Public Listening Sessions and Trainings on Upcoming Oil and Natural Gas Methane Rule | 05/14/2021 |
| EPA Uses Emergency Powers to Protect St. Croix Communities and Orders Limetree Bay Refinery to Pause Operations | 05/14/2021 |
| EPA Advises Facility Operators to Prepare for Hazardous Weather Events | 05/14/2021 |
| EPA Requests Public Comments on Deletion of the Reich Farms Superfund Site | 05/14/2021 |
| EPA orders cleanup of residential properties at the St. Regis Superfund site on Leech Lake Reservation in Cass Lake, Minnesota | 05/14/2021 |
| EPA Announces $256,000 Grant for Beach Water Quality in Mississippi | 05/13/2021 |
| EPA Selects Three Projects in Tennessee to Receive $1.5 Million for Brownfields Cleanup and Assessment | 05/13/2021 |
| EPA Selects Four Projects in Kentucky to Receive $1,405,000 Million for Brownfields Cleanup and Assessment | 05/13/2021 |
| EPA Announces $470,000 Grant for Beach Water Quality Monitoring in Florida | 05/13/2021 |
| EPA Rescinds Unnecessary Benefit-Cost Rule | 05/13/2021 |
| EPA Selects Two Vermont Entities to Receive $1.1 Million for Brownfields Cleanup and Assessment | 05/13/2021 |
| EPA Announces the Selection of Three Indiana Communities to Receive a Total of $1.4 Million in Brownfields Assessment and Cleanup Funding | 05/13/2021 |
| EPA Announces $285,000 Grant for Beach Water Quality Monitoring in South Carolina | 05/13/2021 |
| EPA Announces $277,000 Grant for Beach Water Quality Monitoring in Georgia | 05/13/2021 |
| The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Defense, and State Partners Announce Winners of International Challenge Seeking Innovative Ways to Destroy PFAS in Firefighting Foam | 05/13/2021 |
| EPA Selects Seven Projects in North Carolina to Receive $2.8 Million for Brownfields Cleanup and Assessment | 05/13/2021 |
| EPA Announces $289,000 Grant for Beach Water Quality Monitoring in North Carolina | 05/13/2021 |
| EPA Announces $259,000 Grant for Beach Water Quality in Alabama | 05/13/2021 |
| EPA Selects Four Projects in Georgia to Receive $2 Million for Brownfields Cleanup and Assessment | 05/13/2021 |
| EPA Selects Four Connecticut Entities to Receive $1.6 Million for Brownfields Cleanup and Assessment | 05/13/2021 |
| EPA Selects Six Projects in Massachusetts to Receive $3+ Million for Brownfields Cleanup and Assessment | 05/13/2021 |
| EPA Selects Three Projects in Maine to Receive $1.3 Million for Brownfields Cleanup and Assessment | 05/13/2021 |
| EPA Announces the 2021 Federal Facility Excellence in Site Reuse Award Winners | 05/13/2021 |
| EPA Selects Five Projects in South Carolina to Receive $1.44 Million for Brownfields Cleanup and Assessment | 05/13/2021 |
| EPA Selects Seven Projects in Florida to Receive $2.7 Million for Brownfields Cleanup and Assessment | 05/13/2021 |
| EPA Selects Rhode Island Project to Receive $300K Brownfields Assessment Grant | 05/13/2021 |
| Former Naval Air Station Key West Wins 2021 Federal Facility Excellence in Site Reuse Award | 05/13/2021 |
| EPA Selects Two New Hampshire Towns to Receive $800k for Brownfields Cleanup and Assessment | 05/12/2021 |
| EPA Selects Three Projects in Alabama to Receive $1.5 Million for Brownfields Cleanup and Assessment | 05/12/2021 |
| EPA Awards Over $17 Million to Benefit Small Water Systems | 05/12/2021 |
| EPA Announces the Selection of Five Projects in New York’s Mohawk Valley, Capital District and on Long Island to Receive $2.8 Million for Brownfields Cleanup and Assessment | 05/12/2021 |
| EPA Rescinds Rule on Guidance Documents | 05/12/2021 |
| EPA Announces the Selection of Four Communities in Virginia to Receive $1.5 Million in Brownfields Assessment and Cleanup Funding | 05/12/2021 |
| EPA to resume soil cleanup at the DePue Superfund site in DePue, Illinois | 05/12/2021 |
| EPA Announces the Selection of Three Projects in Western New York to Receive $1.4 Million for Brownfields Cleanup and Assessment | 05/12/2021 |
| EPA Selects Three Projects in Mississippi to Receive $1 Million for Brownfields Cleanup and Assessment | 05/12/2021 |
| Shimkin Named Chesapeake Bay Program Office Deputy Director | 05/12/2021 |
| EPA Relaunches Climate Indicators Website Showing How Climate Change is Impacting Peoples’ Health and Environment | 05/12/2021 |
| Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians to receive $500,000 to clean up contamination at buildings in Dunseith, N.D. | 05/11/2021 |
| City of Craig, Colorado to receive $300,000 to advance property cleanup and redevelopment | 05/11/2021 |
| Nez Perce Tribe, Region IV Development Association of Idaho are selected for $600k in EPA “Brownfields” redevelopment funding | 05/11/2021 |
| EPA awards $1.1 million to support the cleanup and redevelopment of properties in Trinidad, Aguilar and Las Animas County | 05/11/2021 |
| EPA Announces 13 Communities Across Nation’s Pacific Southwest to Receive $6.85 Million in Revitalization Funding | 05/11/2021 |
| Dakota College at Bottineau, N.D. to receive $358,500 for cleanup and renovation of campus buildings | 05/11/2021 |
| Spanish Fork City, Utah to receive $300,000 to advance property cleanup and redevelopment | 05/11/2021 |
| EPA Announces the Selection of Four Projects in New Jersey to Receive $1.9 Million for Brownfields Cleanup and Assessment | 05/11/2021 |
| Salt Lake County, Utah to receive $600,000 to advance property cleanup and redevelopment | 05/11/2021 |
| Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde, The Baker Technical Institute, South Central Oregon Economic Development District and the City of Chiloquin are selected for $2.3 million in EPA Brownfields redevelopment funding | 05/11/2021 |
| Kawerak, Inc. and Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council are selected for $596,000 in EPA Brownfields redevelopment funding | 05/11/2021 |
| EPA awards $300,000 to advance the cleanup and redevelopment of properties in Hinsdale County, Colorado | 05/11/2021 |
| City of Missoula, Montana to receive $300,000 to advance the cleanup and redevelopment of properties | 05/11/2021 |
| EPA Issues Fuel Waiver for Select Areas Impacted by Colonial Pipeline Shutdown | 05/11/2021 |
| EPA awards City of Loveland, Colorado $300,000 to support the cleanup and redevelopment of properties | 05/11/2021 |
| Benton-Franklin Council of Governments is selected for $600,000 in EPA Brownfields redevelopment funding | 05/11/2021 |
| Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribe to receive $300,000 for cleanup and renovation of former sawmills and automotive businesses on the Flathead Reservation | 05/11/2021 |
| Libby, Montana School District 4 to receive $388,000 for cleanup of Asa Wood Elementary School building | 05/11/2021 |
| EPA Issues Fuel Waiver for Twelve States and the District of Columbia Impacted by Colonial Pipeline Shutdown | 05/11/2021 |
| City of Mandan, N.D. to receive $300,000 to advance property cleanup and redevelopment | 05/11/2021 |
| EPA Announces the Selection of 151 Communities to Receive $66.5 Million in Brownfields Assessment and Cleanup Funding | 05/11/2021 |
| EPA Announces $50,000 Grant to Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa for Beach Water Quality Monitoring | 05/10/2021 |
| EPA Announces $50,000 Grant to Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa for Beach Water Quality Monitoring | 05/10/2021 |
| EPA Fines Scranton Manufacturing Company Inc. for Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations in Iowa | 05/10/2021 |
| EPA Highlights National Hurricane Preparedness Week | 05/10/2021 |
| EPA cleanup to continue in St. Louis River Area of Concern in Superior, Wisconsin | 05/10/2021 |
| EPA Announces $9.6 Million in BEACH Act Grants to States, Tribes, Territories | 05/10/2021 |
| EPA awards $723,000 in grants for beach water quality monitoring in Alaska, Oregon, and Washington | 05/10/2021 |
| Celebramos 25 años de cooperación binacional para mejorar la calidad del aire en la región de la cuenca atmosférica Paso del Norte | 05/07/2021 |
| Celebrating 25 Years of Binational Cooperation on the Improvement of Air Quality in Paso del Norte Region Airshed | 05/07/2021 |
| EPA Evaluates Plan to Reduce Bay Pollutants No Longer Contained by Conowingo Reservoir | 05/06/2021 |
| EPA settles with Sutter County’s Bear River Supply Inc. for selling misbranded pesticide | 05/06/2021 |
| EPA Honors Small Business Champions at its 31st Annual Administrator’s Small Business Programs Awards Ceremony | 05/06/2021 |
| EPA Honors 2021 Asthma Award Winners | 05/05/2021 |
| Two Health Programs, both in California, Announced as the Winners of U.S. EPA’s National Asthma Management Awards | 05/05/2021 |
| EPA reaches settlements with eight Washington renovators for lead-based paint violations | 05/04/2021 |
| EPA Reaches Settlement with CSL Behring of Illinois to Improve Risk Management Program | 05/04/2021 |
| Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians receive EPA approval to administer Clean Water Act programs on reservation and trust lands | 05/03/2021 |
| EPA approves rapid test to assess beach water quality in San Diego County | 05/03/2021 |
| Prepare for the Summer Smog Season with Free Air Quality Alerts | 05/03/2021 |
| EPA proposes removing Ashtabula River from “Areas of Concern” list, seeks public comment | 05/03/2021 |
| EPA Moves Forward with Phase Down of Climate-Damaging Hydrofluorocarbons | 05/03/2021 |
| EPA and Partners Launch Challenge to Develop Low-Cost Water Sensors that Detect Toxicity | 05/03/2021 |
| EPA Notifies Limetree Bay of Clean Air Act Violations | 05/03/2021 |
| EPA withdraws proposal of East Windsor, Conn. Site from the National Priorities List | 05/03/2021 |
| EPA Awards Cooperative Agreement to Support States and Territories in Advancing Environmental Health | 05/03/2021 |
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