EPA Releases Draft Health-Based Recommendations for PFAS Levels in Bodies of Water

Criteria can be used to inform water quality standards to protect people from exposure to PFAS

Crane Company Manitowoc to Pay $42.6M for Clean Air Act Violations for Sale of Noncompliant Diesel Engines in Heavy Duty Cranes

Settlement requires company to retrofit a short-line locomotive engine to improve air quality along 70-mile-long pathway in the Sparrows Point area of Maryland

EPA Report Highlights Water Affordability Challenges in the U.S.

EPA Celebrates 50 Years of Safe and Clean Drinking Water

EPA Launches New Studies and Data Collection Efforts to Better Protect Communities from PFAS

EPA Launches New Initiative to Tackle PFAS, Identify Emerging Contaminants in Water

EPA Strengthens Standards to Protect Children from Exposure to Lead Paint Dust

EPA Issues Test Order for PFAS Used in Manufacturing Under National Testing Strategy

Biden-Harris Administration Issues Final Rule Requiring Replacement of Lead Pipes Within 10 Years, Announces Funding to Provide Clean Water to Schools and Homes

EPA announces new final regulations and $2.6 Billion under the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda for clean drinking water

EPA Releases Draft Strategy to Better Protect Endangered Species from Insecticides

Biden-Harris Administration Takes Latest Action Under Toxic Substances Control Act to Protect Public from Exposure to Harmful Chemicals

EPA proposes to begin evaluations on five harmful chemicals, advancing the Biden-Harris Administration’s efforts to deliver environmental justice, end cancer as we know it

EPA, HUD, DOE Sign Joint Letter Asking Utility Companies to Make Energy and Water Usage Data Available for Multifamily Properties

Leaders of three federal agencies join forces to seek data that will facilitate green upgrades to the nation’s housing stock

EPA Settlement Addresses Contractor’s Actions on Renovation TV Show Violating the Lead-Based Paint Rule

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Partnership with 10 Wisconsin Communities to Accelerate Lead Service Line Replacement as Part of Investing in America Agenda

New partnership will help communities access funds from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for lead service line removal and replacement

EPA Finalizes Rule to Require Enhanced PFAS Reporting to the Toxics Release Inventory

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Largest Ever Clean-up under EPA’s Great Lakes Restoration Initiative to Address Milwaukee Area of Concern

Thanks to President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda, new funding agreement between EPA and partners will invest an estimated $450 million to cleanup of nearly two million cubic yards of contaminated sediments

EPA Awards Children’s Health Protection Grant to Milwaukee Public Schools

EPA Awards $400,000 to NanoAffix Science, LLC, in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, to Support Commercialization of Environmental Technologies

EPA Administrator Wheeler awards first-ever Trash Free Waters grant for the Great Lakes in Milwaukee

Agency selects Harbor District, Inc. to receive grant to keep trash out of Lake Michigan

EPA’s National Lakes Assessment Finds Nutrient Pollution is Widespread in Lakes

Four in ten lakes suffer from too much nitrogen and phosphorus.

EPA Recognizes Milwaukee’s Goodkind as Outstanding Food Recovery Challenge Participant

More than 800 governments, businesses and organizations participated in EPA’s Food Recovery Challenge.

EPA Celebrates America Recycles Day and the 750,000 Jobs Supported by Recycling

This equates to 1.57 jobs for every 1,000 tons of materials recycled.

New EPA Web Portal Helps Communities Prepare for Climate Change

Climate change is expected to pose significant financial and infrastructural challenges to communities in coming decades.

Harley-Davidson to Stop Sales of Illegal Devices that Increased Air Pollution from the Company’s Motorcycles

Under the settlement, Harley-Davidson will stop selling the illegal aftermarket defeat devices in the United States by August 23, 2016.

EPA Awards Environmental Education Grants in 26 States

Since 1992, EPA has distributed between $2 million and $3.5 million in grant funding per year, for a total of approximately $68 million supporting more than 3,600 grant projects.

EPA Celebrates SmartWay Affiliates that Support Cleaner Freight

Transportation is the fastest growing source of greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S., accounting for close to 30 percent of greenhouse gas emissions annually.

EPA Releases Scientific Report Showing U.S. Coastal Waters a Mix of Good and Fair Health

The EPA released the 2010 National Coastal Condition Assessment showing that more than half of the nation's coastal and Great Lakes nearshore waters are rated good for biological and sediment quality.

Great Lakes Restoration Initiative is Accelerating Great Lakes Cleanup and Protection

EPA Report to Congress

EPA Training Grants Create Job Opportunities Across the Country

EPA selects 19 communities for grants to train unemployed individuals to enter the environmental field, strengthen local economies

EPA Awards Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Grants to Reduce Runoff that Contributes to Algal Blooms

The projects announced today will be implemented by conservation organizations and by state and local governments.

EPA Selects 20 Communities for Brownfield Grants to Revitalize Communities, Strengthen Local Economies

Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee was selected by the EPA to receive grant funding that will create approximately 1,700 jobs.

Federal Agencies Announce 5-Year Great Lakes Restoration Action Plan

Plan released at a meeting of Great Lakes Mayors in Chicago.

EPA Announces $1 Million Grant to Clean Up Contaminated Sites in Milwaukee

“This EPA brownfield grant is a solid investment in the future of Milwaukee that will help transform contaminated sites into redevelopment opportunities”