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EPA Awards $300,000 to four Virginia School Districts to Replace 15 School Buses

PHILADELPHIA (April 27, 2021) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $300,000 to four Virginia school districts to replace 15 older diesel school buses.

EPA Awards $350,000 to Replace 13 Old Diesel School Buses in Pennsylvania

PHILADELPHIA (April 27, 2021) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $350,000 to replace 13 older diesel school buses in Pennsylvania.

EPA Awards $20,000 to Swann Transportation Inc. in St. Mary’s County, Maryland for a New Clean School Bus

PHILADELPHIA (April 27, 2021) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $20,000 to Swann Transportation Inc. of St. Mary’s County, Maryland, to replace an older diesel school bus.

Pandemic EBT – Summer 2021 | Hear What They’re Saying

WASHINGTON, April 26, 2021 – Earlier today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a new effort funded by the American Rescue Plan to provide adequate nutrition to more than 30 million children over the summer by expanding Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) benefits.

USDA to Provide Critical Nutrition Assistance to 30M+ Kids Over the Summer

WASHINGTON, April 26, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced a new effort funded by the American Rescue Plan to provide adequate nutrition to more than 30 million children over the summer by expanding Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) benefits. Summer months are difficult for low-income children because they lack access to school meals that fill a nutrition gap during the school year.

EPA Reconsiders Previous Administration’s Withdrawal of California’s Waiver to Enforce Greenhouse Gas Standards for Cars and Light Trucks

WASHINGTON (April 26, 2021) — As directed in President Biden’s Executive Order 13990 on “Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis,” and in response to requests by states and other stakeholders, today the U.S.

Settlement Agreement Reimburses Taxpayers for Cost of Removing Hazards at Springfield, Vt. Facility

(SPRINGFIELD, VT) – The former owner of an abandoned tool manufacturing facility in Springfield, Vt. has agreed to pay $662,500 plus interest to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reimburse the costs of removing hazardous contamination from the site.

Launching Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate

WASHINGTON, April 23, 2021 — At President Biden’s Leaders Summit on Climate on April 23, 2021, the United States and United Arab Emirates, with endorsement from the United Kingdom’s COP 26 Presidency, and with support from Australia, Brazil, Denmark, Israel, Singapore, and Uruguay, announced plans to launch the Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM for Climate).