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EPA Announces Winners of the Environmental Justice Video Challenge for Students

EPA Seeks Input on Latest Pollution Prevention Grant Opportunity Funded by $100 Million Investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

U.S. EPA penalizes 99 Cents Only Stores for sale of unregistered disinfectants

USDA Announces Its Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement with California

WASHINGTON, July 27, 2022 — Today, during a visit to the Yolo County Food Bank in Woodland, Calif., Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has signed a cooperative agreement with California under the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (LFPA). The LFPA is a program authorized through the President’s American Rescue Plan, which invested $400 million to make food more affordable for more Americans and help stabilize agricultural supply chains.

U.S. Department of Agriculture Announces Key Staff Appointments

WASHINGTON, July 27, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced the names of individuals who will hold senior staff positions in Washington, D.C.

Ellen Luger has been appointed Minister Counselor of Agriculture in Rome (Italy) for the Foreign Agriculture Service

EPA New England to Invest up to $24 Million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Help Protect and Restore its Six Estuaries of National Significance

EPA Announces $55 Million WIFIA Loan to Modernize Wastewater Infrastructure in Providence, Rhode Island, and Protect Narragansett Bay

Kern County Company to pay $214K Penalty for Violations of Clean Air Act, Emergency Notification Requirements