New York will receive the largest allocation of the new Clean Water SRF money from the omnibus spending measure, with $83.6 million, with California's $54.2-million allotment ranking second.
Biden administration outlines next component of its strategy to control further spread of the ubiquitous contaminants, widely used in consumer and industrial goods, and a problem for more water and wastewater utilities
The U.S. Supreme Court has limited the ability of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to regulate power plant greenhouse gas emissions, and though the court’s opinion referred to a fairly narrow provision within the Clean Air Act, the ruling potentially places broad restrictions on the ability of federal agencies to enact regulations to address the climate crisis, according to several sources.
Bolstered by new funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the EPA has awarded $254 million in new and supplemental brownfield grants to 265 communities across the country.