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EPA Selects Auberle to receive $199,327 in Brownfields Job Training Grants to Build Skilled Environmental Workforce

EPA Announces Appointment of Robin Morris Collin as EPA Senior Advisor to the Administrator for Environmental Justice

EPA Selects Civic Works Inc. of Baltimore for $200,000 in Brownfields Job Training Grants

EPA Selects Coalfield Development Corporation, West Virginia, to Receive $199,790 in Brownfields Job Training Grants to Build a Skilled Environmental Workforce

USDA to Invest $1 Billion in Climate Smart Commodities, Expanding Markets, Strengthening Rural America

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Feb. 7, 2022 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today at Lincoln University that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is delivering on its promise to expand markets by investing $1 billion in partnerships to support America’s climate-smart farmers, ranchers and forest landowners. The new Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities opportunity will finance pilot projects that create market opportunities for U.S.

Philadelphia port secures new state funding for modernization work

[caption caption="The Port of Philadelphia handled 739,323 TEU last year, up 15 percent from 2020. Photo credit: Port of Philadelphia."][/caption]The Port of Philadelphia will receive $246 million in funding from the state of Pennsylvania to continue modernization efforts that began six years ago with a separate $300 million allocation from...

USDA Helps Schools Build Back Better, Issues Transitional Nutrition Standards for Coming School Years

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced updates to the school nutrition standards that give schools a clear path forward as they build back better from the pandemic. These actions provide support for the dedicated school meal program operators who provide critical nutrition to millions of children every school day.

EPA recognizes Pacific Northwest energy savers, food waste reducers, and recyclers