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Reducing Water Pollution from Power Plants
This action protects our nation’s vital water resources that support safe drinking water, agriculture, and healthy communities while providing greater certainty for industry.
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Researching Improvements for Wastewater Lagoons in Small, Rural and Tribal Communities
Lagoons are mostly found in small, rural, and Tribal communities that face disproportionate environmental justice concerns. These are some of our most vulnerable communities and often low income or communities of color are disproportionally impacted.
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EPA’s New Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights: A Moment in History
The newly created Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights will ensure federal funding makes it to communities that have been left out for far too long.
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AANHPI Heritage Month: Coming Full Circle on Environmental Justice
Today, we are living through a historic moment for environmental justice. We have come full circle – from a time when environmental justice did not have a name to today when it is at the center of the Biden-Harris Administration’s agenda.
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The signing of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law was historic. But our work is just getting started.
Congress delivered big and in a bipartisan way. Now it’s EPA’s turn to help steward these resources, especially the grants and forgivable loans that will have a lifechanging impact on disadvantaged communities.