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EPA Awards $50,000 to Student Teams in Michigan for Innovative Technology Projects
CHICAGO (December 16, 2020) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $50,000 in funding to two student teams in Michigan through its People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) grants program.
USDA Announces 2021 Lincoln Leaders Fellowship Opportunities for Minority-Serving Education Institutions
(Washington, D.C., December 15, 2020) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement (OPPE) today announced they are accepting applications to the 2021 Lincoln Leaders Program, which includes fellowship opportunities to connect USDA resources with faculty and staff at Hispanic-Serving Institutions, 1994 Tribal Colleges, and Universities, and 1890 Land-Grant Universities.
EPA Awards Nearly $4.5 Million Grant to Improve and Protect Arizona’s Water Quality
PHOENIX — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) $4,488,333 to carry out Arizona’s recently approved 2020-2024 Nonpoint Source State (NPS) Management Plan.
EPA completes cleanup at 188 properties this year at the Jacobsville Superfund Site in Evansville, Indiana
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (Dec. 15, 2020) – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has completed contaminated soil cleanup at 188 properties this year at the Jacobsville Neighborhood Soil Contamination Superfund Site in Evansville bringing the total number of property cleanups to 3,466.
EPA settles with Qantas Airways for importing unregistered disinfectant products in Honolulu and Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reached a settlement with Qantas Airways for violations of federal pesticide law.
EPA Announces Historic Agreement with Seven Mid-Atlantic Federally Recognized Indian Tribes
PHILADELPHIA (Dec. 15, 2020) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) signed a historic charter today with seven Mid-Atlantic Federally Recognized Indian Tribes at the inaugural Regional Tribal Operations Committee (RTOC) virtual meeting.
USDA Chief Economist Dr. Robert Johansson to Depart
(Washington, D.C., December 14, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Chief Economist, Robert Johansson, will be leaving USDA to become Associate Director of Economics and Policy Analysis for the American Sugar Alliance at the end of January. Additionally, the Secretary announced Dr. Seth Meyer will return to USDA to be the new Chief Economist.