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02/15/2013The EPA and the University at Buffalo to Co-Host Clean Water Conference in Buffalo; Local Governments Urged to Attend
02/11/2013EPA Provides Funding to SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry; $500,000 Awarded for Development of Wetlands Field Manual
02/11/2013EPA Provides Funding to Protect Wetlands in Puerto Rico; Nearly 250,000 Awarded for Wetlands Research
02/11/2013EPA Provides Funding to Protect Wetlands in New York; Nearly 750,000 Awarded for Wetlands Research
12/27/2012STATEMENT BY EPA ADMINISTRATOR LISA P. JACKSON ANNOUNCING HER LEAVING CABINET AFTER STATE OF UNION
12/21/2012
EPA Releases Update on Ongoing Hydraulic Fracturing Study
12/20/2012EPA and National Science Foundation Support Research for Safer Chemical Design
12/19/2012EPA Study Reveals Shift in Housing Developments Across the U.S. / More communities embrace redevelopment
12/12/2012EPA Awards Almost $45,000 to New England Student Teams for Sustainable Technology
12/03/2012EPA Awards Over $100,000 to Student Teams in Sustainable Technology Competition
11/30/2012EPA Awards Research Fellowships to 18 New England Students 
11/16/2012EPA Appoints New Heads of Two Independent Science Advisory Committees
11/15/2012EPA Awards Research Fellowships to Four Students in Region 7
11/15/2012EPA Awards More Than $5.3 Million for Research Fellowships
10/16/2012U.S. EPA Honors Fresno State's WET Center
10/04/2012U.S. EPA Awards Contract Up to $46.7 M to South S.F., Calif. Biotechnology Company
09/28/2012Florida International University to Collaborate with EPA on Green Initiatives
09/27/2012EPA releases Lower Yakima Valley Nitrate Study for public review and input
09/24/2012More Than $750,000 Awarded in Connecticut for Community-Based Projects to Improve Health and Vitality of Long Island Sound
09/13/2012U.S. EPA Awards Grant of Nearly $650,000 to University of Calif. Davis
09/13/2012EPA Awards Almost $11 Million to Advance Chemical Safety Research
09/12/2012Hypoxia Task Force Launches New Monitoring Efforts to Track Water Quality Improvements
Task force includes Mississippi, Kentucky, Tennessee and other states
09/06/2012EPA Awards $1.5 Million to Universities for Sustainable Drinking Water Treatment Methods; University of Gainesville Among Recipients
09/06/2012EPA Opens Registration for Campus RainWorks Design Challenge Competition
09/06/2012EPA Awards $1.5 Million to Universities for Sustainable Drinking Water Treatment Methods
08/22/2012MIT Researchers Awarded $750,000 Grant to Study Climate Change Effects
08/21/2012Small Business in Topsfield, Mass. Receives $300,000 Grant to Develop Air Quality Monitoring Equipment
08/07/2012EPA Awards $2 Million to Small Businesses to Support Environmental Innovation, Protect Health
08/06/2012EPA Announces Funding for Research to Improve Air Quality, Protect Health
07/31/2012EPA and USDA Announce First-Ever Microbial Risk Assessment Guidance / Guideline will help better determine health risks from food and waterborne pathogens
07/27/2012EPA Awards $173,400 for Maryland Student Initiatives
07/23/2012EPA Scientists Receive Presidential Honor
06/12/2012EPA to Hold Citizen Science Workshops in New York and New Jersey; June 19 in New York City and June 20 in Edison, New Jersey
06/06/2012EPA and Partners Announce “My Air, My Health Challenge” / Inventors will compete to develop personal air pollution and health sensors
06/05/2012EPA and NIH Announce Challenge to Develop Personal Air Pollution and Health Sensors
06/05/2012EPA and Silver Valley Salute First Superfund Job Training Initiative Graduating Class in Kellogg, June 5, 2012
06/01/2012EPA Draft Ammonia Assessment Available for Public Comment / Draft assessment continues agency’s responsiveness to NAS recommendations
05/22/2012Okeanos Technologies, LLC in Covington, KY Awarded More than $79,000 for Low Cost Desalination Research
05/22/2012ThornProducts, LLC in Melbourne Beach, FL Awarded $80,000 for Low Cost Wireless Transmission Method
05/22/2012EPA Awards $2 Million to Small Businesses
05/18/2012EPA releases for public comment draft scientific study of Bristol Bay Watershed
05/18/2012EPA Recognizes Environmental Innovation at Science Competition for High School Students / Thabit Pulak, age 16, wins the Patrick H. Hurd Sustainability Award, and will participate in National Sustainable Design Expo in 2013
05/16/2012EPA Announces NAS’ Review of IRIS Assessment Development Process
04/26/2012EPA Awards Three Universities in the Southeast with Grants to Develop Innovative Environmental Solutions
04/25/2012EPA Awards More Than $1 Million to College Teams for Innovative Environmental Solutions
04/19/2012EPA’s People, Prosperity and the Planet Expo on National Mall
04/13/2012Obama Administration Announces New Partnership on Unconventional Natural Gas and Oil Research
04/13/2012EPA Provides $100,000 to Help Assess Need for Children’s Health Center in Puerto Rico; EPA Regional Administrator to Participate in Children’s Health Conference
04/06/2012Statement on Passing of Peter Lord, Environmental Reporter for Providence Journal
03/02/2012EPA to Help Citizen Scientists Learn More about Air and Water Pollution in New York City Communities
03/02/2012EPA to Help Citizen Scientists Learn More about Air and Water Pollution in the U.S. Virgin Islands
02/28/2012EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, Testimony Before the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittees on Energy and Power, Environment and the Economy
02/24/2012EPA seeks scientist nominations for Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment peer review panel
02/22/2012EPA funds University of Hawaii marine debris research project
02/17/2012EPA Updates Science Assessment for Dioxins / Air emissions of dioxins have decreased by 90 percent since the 1980s
02/13/2012EPA’s FY 2013 Budget Proposal Focuses on Core Environmental and Human Health Protections / EPA budget supports President Obama’s vision of an America that is built to last
02/10/2012EPA Releases Final Health Assessment for Tetrachloroethylene (Perc) / Public health protections remain in place
01/30/2012TODAY: Meharry Medical College and EPA to Collaborate on Green Initiatives
01/27/2012U.S. EPA Head Of Water Nancy Stoner To Tour Innovative SF Bayview Hunter’s Point Facility
01/27/2012Meharry Medical College and EPA to Collaborate on Green Initiatives
01/23/2012Syracuse High School Students to Learn about Water Pollution through EPA Environmental Justice Grant
01/23/2012EPA Environmental Justice Grants to Help New York City Communities Prevent Lead Poisoning and Restore Wetlands; Organizations in Northern Manhattan, the South Bronx and Jamaica to Receive Funds
12/01/2011New Oregon Streamflow Assessment Tool Aids Clean Water Act Compliance
11/18/2011EPA Seeks Nominations for New Science Advisory Board Committee
11/04/2011EPA and JCDH Announce Availability of North Birmingham, AL Air Quality Information at Four Locations
11/04/2011EPA, DOE to Study Potential for Renewable Energy Possibilities on West Haymarket Brownfield Site in Lincoln, Neb.
11/04/2011EPA, DOE to Study Potential for Renewable Energy Possibilities on Municipal Farm Brownfields Site in Kansas City, Mo.
11/04/2011EPA, DOE to Study Potential for Renewable Energy Possibilities on Milwaukee and St. Paul Rail Yard Company Brownfields Site in Perry, Iowa
11/04/2011EPA, DOE to Study Potential for Renewable Energy Possibilities on Farmland Industries Nitrogen Plant Site in Lawrence, Kan.
11/03/2011EPA Announces Final Study Plan to Assess Hydraulic Fracturing/Congressionally directed study will evaluate potential impacts on drinking water
10/31/2011EPA Awards Seven Universities in the Southeast with Grants to Help Design Sustainable Technologies
10/19/2011EPA Releases Air Quality Model to Study Harmful Air Pollution / Model will help scientists protect public health
10/19/2011International Award Recognizes Successful Ongoing Work to Clean the Charles River
10/18/2011EPA Awards $6.6 Million to Universities for Black Carbon Research
09/28/2011EPA Releases Final Health Assessment for TCE
09/27/2011EPA Scientists Receive Presidential Honor
09/22/2011$150,000 Environmental Education Grant Available
09/19/2011President's Environmental Youth Awards Competition Accepting Nominations from Students in Grades K-12
09/14/2011EPA Releases Strategy to Protect People’s Health and the Environment in Communities Overburdened by Pollution
09/14/2011EPA to Fund Pollution Prevention Projects in New Jersey and New York; Agency Also to Promote Pollution Prevention Initiatives at Upcoming Green Chemistry Conference
09/06/2011Top Environmental Officials Announce Action Agenda to Restore and Protect Long Island Sound
08/29/2011EPA Announces Schedule for Dioxin Assessment
08/19/2011EPA Awards More Than $300,000 to Paul Smith’s College to Control Invasive Species; Grant is One of Nine Awarded to New York for Great Lakes Restoration Work
08/19/2011New Jersey DEP Will Provide Green Job Training Through EPA Brownfields Grant
08/05/2011EPA Releases Draft Policy for Ensuring Scientific Integrity / Agency seeking public comment
08/04/2011EPA Awards Contracts to U.S. Companies to Screen Chemicals for Human Health Impacts
07/26/2011Fortune Society Will Provide Green Job Training Through EPA Brownfields Grant
07/20/2011Innovative Research on EPA’s R/V Lake Guardian
07/12/2011EPA Strengthens Key Scientific Database to Protect Public Health
07/11/2011TOMORROW: Media Briefing on New Improvements to EPA’s Scientific Assessment Process
06/23/2011Research Flights Seek to Improve View of Air Pollution from Space
06/23/2011EPA Selects Sites in Louisiana and Texas for National Study on Hydraulic Fracturing
06/23/2011EPA selects Colorado, North Dakota sites as case study locations for national hydraulic fracturing study
06/23/2011EPA Identifies Case Studies for Hydraulic Fracturing Study / Agency to conduct field work in various regions of the country starting this summer
06/22/2011TOMORROW: Media Briefing on Air Quality Research Flights
06/22/2011EPA Grants $3 Million to Support Chemical Toxicity Research
06/15/2011EPA Improves Access to Information on Hundreds of Chemicals / Searchable databases on chemical toxicity and exposure data now available
06/06/2011Skagit County’s Samish Bay shellfish beds deserve better protection, say federal, state and county officials
06/06/2011EPA Awards $1.2 Million to Three New York Communities to Clean up and Revitalize Contaminated Properties
06/06/2011EPA Awards $3.4 Million to Six New Jersey Communities To Clean up and Revitalize Contaminated Properties; Newark Receives $1 Million to Clean Up and Assess City Sites

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