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• EPA extends evaluation deadline of proposals to reduce PCB concentrations and/or toxicity at the GE-Pittsfield/Housatonic River Site

  EPA News Release: EPA extends evaluation deadline of proposals to reduce PCB concentrations and/or toxicity at the GE-Pittsfield/Housatonic River Site

  • Release Date: December 10, 2024

• EPA fines Gloucester, Mass. company for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act

  EPA News Release: EPA fines Gloucester, Mass. company for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act

  • Release Date: June 25, 2024

• EPA awards over $8.8 million to reduce air pollution from wood heaters

  Inflation Reduction Act to fund nationwide wood heater testing effort

  EPA News Release: EPA awards over $8.8 million to reduce air pollution from wood heaters

  • Release Date: June 25, 2024

• EPA fines Newburyport, Mass. company for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act and Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act

  EPA News Release: EPA fines Newburyport, Mass. company for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act and Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act

  • Release Date: June 17, 2024

• EPA Awards $1.275M to Advance Resilience in Disadvantaged Communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $1.275M to Advance Resilience in Disadvantaged Communities

  • Release Date: April 8, 2024

• EPA Analysis shows 2022 decrease of toxic chemical releases in Massachusetts

  Toxic chemical releases have declined 21% nationally in 10 years according to new Toxics Release Inventory data

  EPA News Release: EPA Analysis shows 2022 decrease of toxic chemical releases in Massachusetts

  • Release Date: March 26, 2024

• EPA Settles Chemical Accident Prevention Case in New Bedford

  EPA News Release: EPA Settles Chemical Accident Prevention Case in New Bedford

  • Release Date: March 15, 2024

• EPA's Southeast New England Program announces additional $1.25M request for proposals to advance resilience in disadvantaged communities

  EPA News Release: EPA's Southeast New England Program announces additional $1.25M request for proposals to advance resilience in disadvantaged communities

  • Release Date: March 4, 2024

• EPA takes action against three New England companies for Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act violations 

  Massachusetts and Connecticut companies will pay penalties for reporting violations

  EPA News Release: EPA takes action against three New England companies for Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act violations 

  • Release Date: February 26, 2024

• EPA announces inaugural Artist-in-Residence Program in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts

  Arts and cultural strategies will support ongoing progress in treasured water bodies across America

  EPA News Release: EPA announces inaugural Artist-in-Residence Program in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts

  • Release Date: February 1, 2024

• EPA penalizes a Massachusetts chemical company for allegedly violating chemical safety law

  EPA News Release: EPA penalizes a Massachusetts chemical company for allegedly violating chemical safety law

  • Release Date: January 30, 2024

• EPA New England Provides Tips for a Healthier Heating Season

  EPA News Release: EPA New England Provides Tips for a Healthier Heating Season

  • Release Date: December 21, 2023

• EPA Protects Community's Right to Know About Chemical Hazards Through Settlement With Lawrence, Mass. Food Company

  EPA News Release: EPA Protects Community's Right to Know About Chemical Hazards Through Settlement With Lawrence, Mass. Food Company

  • Release Date: November 7, 2023

• EPA settlement with Hingham, Mass. company stops distribution and use of unregistered pesticides

  Company agreed to pay penalty and comply with the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act

  EPA News Release: EPA settlement with Hingham, Mass. company stops distribution and use of unregistered pesticides

  • Release Date: November 2, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration announces nearly $4.2 million for environmental justice projects in communities across Massachusetts as part of Investing in America agenda

  Selections announced as part of largest investments through EPA's Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem Solving Cooperative Agreement & Environmental Justice Government-to-Government grant programs funded by President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces nearly $4.2 million for environmental justice projects in communities across Massachusetts as part of Investing in America agenda

  • Release Date: October 25, 2023