SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 20 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Funded by $1.5 billion national investment from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to address legacy pollution, advance environmental justice, and create healthier communities through Brownfields projects * * * Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $1,992,681 in grant awards from President Biden's Investing in America (https://www.whitehouse  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: Bill includes key provisions of Kelly's bipartisan, bicameral Drought Resilient Infrastructure Act to support Arizona communities This week, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly celebrated the unanimous passage of the Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024 (WRDA 2024) in the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), where he secured key provisions for Arizona and the western United States that will  more

TUCSON, Arizona, May 24 -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: When Jason Jurjevich and his husband Charles Walker went to close on a house a mile from campus in fall 2021, they expected plenty of paperwork. But they were shocked to see the racist, antiquated documents they were required to sign before they could get the keys. The home's chain of title included covenants - agreements or terms written into housing deeds - that explicitly barred people who are Asian o  more

EUGENE, Oregon, May 23 -- The Western Environmental Law Center issued the following news release on May 22, 2024: Today, WildEarth Guardians, Western Watersheds Project, and the Desert Tortoise Council and Tucson Herpetological Society, represented by the Western Environmental Law Center, are asking the U.S. Fish and Wildlife to reconsider its 2022 decision to deny protective status to the tortoise in the groups' 60-day notice of intent to sue. The groups are asking the Service to take another  more