EPA Announces $55 Million WIFIA Loan to Modernize Wastewater Infrastructure in Providence, Rhode Island, and Protect Narragansett Bay
Pilot Travel Centers to Pay $121K Penalty for Alleged Clean Water Act Violations in Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska
Biden-Harris Administration announces $1 Billion in Community Wildfire Defense Grants from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho, July 26, 2022 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today launched a new $1 billion Community Wildfire Defense Grant program. This new, five-year, competitive program funded by President Biden’s historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is designed to assist at-risk communities, including Tribal communities, non-profit organizations, state forestry agencies and Alaska Native corporations with planning for and mitigating wildfire risks.
Biden-Harris Administration Announces $132 Million for EPA’s National Estuary Program from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
Cleanup is complete at the Fifth Street Calumet Fire site in Calumet, Michigan
QB 22–316 2022 Raw Sugar Increased Allocation
Commodity
Raw Cane Sugar as provided for in Chapter 17, Additional U.S. Note 5
Quota Period
October 1, 2021, through September 30, 2022
Reference: QB 21-303
Background
The United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced in Federal Register…
Raw Cane Sugar as provided for in Chapter 17, Additional U.S. Note 5
Quota Period
October 1, 2021, through September 30, 2022
Reference: QB 21-303
Background
The United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced in Federal Register…
Biden-Harris Administration Announces Plans for Reforestation, Climate Adaptation, including New Resources from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
WASHINGTON, July 25, 2022 — Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced a strategy for how the Biden-Harris Administration, through the U.S. Department of Agriculture, will address a reforestation backlog of four million acres on national forests and plant more than one billion trees over the next decade.
USDA Awards over $70 Million in Grants, Increases Access to Local, Healthy Foods for Kids
Washington, D.C., July 25, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced it is awarding more than $10 million in Farm to School Grants to 123 projects across the country. Additionally, for the first time, the department is empowering states with $60 million in non-competitive grants to develop stronger and sustainable Farm to School programs over the next four years. Both actions will help more kids nationwide eat healthy, homegrown foods.