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Biden-Harris Administration Announces $47 Million for the City of Austin to Develop Community-Driven Solutions to Cut Climate Pollution Across Texas
Funded by President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda, EPA announces selected applications through competitive Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program to tackle climate change, improve air quality, and advance environmental justice
As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the City of Austin will receive $47,854,062 from the Climate Pollution Reduction Grant to implement community-driven solutions.
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EPA Announces Texas Student Wins President’s Environmental Youth Award
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 is pleased to announce the 2024 winner of the President’s Environmental Youth Award, Daniel Thomas of Colleyville, Texas.
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EPA Reclassifies Three Ozone Nonattainment Areas from Moderate to Serious
Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria & San Antonio will be reclassified
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced approval of Governor Greg Abbott’s request to reclassify the Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria and San Antonio, Texas, metro areas from moderate to serious nonattainment.
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EPA Announces Grant Award of Over $6.1 million for Clean School Buses for Fort Worth ISD as Part of the Investing in America Agenda
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that Fort Worth Independent School District is receiving $6,167,108 through EPA’s first Clean School Bus Grant Competition.
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Biden-Harris Administration Announces Two Texas Groups will Receive Over $405 Million to Deliver Residential Solar, Lowering Energy Costs and Advancing Environmental Justice
EPA announces selectees under Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grant competition to deliver solar to low-income and disadvantaged households through the President’s Investing in America agenda
As the Biden-Harris Administration celebrates Earth week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the Texas Solar For All Coalition will receive $249.7 million and the Clean Energy Fund of Texas will receive $156.120 million.
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Biden-Harris Administration announces new cleanup project in Texas as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a site in Happy, Texas, will receive several million dollars from the third and final wave of more than $1 billion for cleanup projects across the country.
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The City of Austin to Receive $1 Million from EPA’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grants
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded the City of Austin $1 million from the agency’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program to develop climate action plans with new and innovative strategies that benefit local communities.
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EPA Announces More Than $700,000 to Bandera County, TX, Group for Recycling Education and Outreach Projects as Part of America Recycles Day
On America Recycles Day, EPA announces grants under President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, funded in part by the largest recycling investment in 30 years
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the Bandera County Committee on Aging will receive a $704,736 Recycling Education and Outreach (REO) grant to educate surrounding communities about recycling.
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EPA Awards Nearly $500,000 to Texas Organization to improve Air Quality in the Houston Area
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded $498,813 to the Achieving Community Tasks Successfully (ACTS) for a citizen science project to monitor hazardous air pollutants stemming from local pollution sources in Houston.
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Judicial Settlement with Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, Inc. Resolves Clean Water Act Violations
The U.S. Department of Justice, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a consent decree with Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, Inc (Transocean) for alleged violations.
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EPA Announces Approval of Louisiana, New Mexico, and Texas State Certification of Pesticide Applicator Plans
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is finalizing stronger standards for individuals who use Restricted Use Pesticides (RUPs) in the states of Louisiana, New Mexico, and Texas.
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EPA Announces $800K Brownfields Grant to St. Philip’s School and Community Center in South Dallas
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (TX-30) and city of Dallas Councilmember Adam Bazaldua celebrated a grant of $800,000 to St. Philip’s School and Community Center in South Dallas.
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EPA Advises Facility Operators to Prepare for Hazardous Weather Events
As the hurricane season kicks off, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reminds facility operators of preventing, minimizing, and reporting chemical releases during hazardous weather events.
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EPA Announces $1.3 Million Settlement for Permian Basin Company
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a Consent Agreement and Final Order (CAFO) to Callon Permian LLC for emissions from tanks, flares, and other equipment that EPA identified using a helicopter equipped with a special infrared camera.
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EPA Announces Nearly $500,000 in Grant Funding for High-Risk Houston Communities
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that the Houston Health Department will receive grant funding to support community monitoring of hazardous air pollutants.
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