Thursday - October 31, 2024
News Tipoffs - Nebraska Editors Newsletter for Sunday October 20, 2024 ( 2 items )  

EPA Announces Over $5.5M to Missouri Selectees to Upgrade Older Diesel Engines to Cleaner and Zero-Emission Solutions
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Selectees have projects benefitting Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska * * * LENEXA, KAN. (OCT. 18, 2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced selections totaling nearly $125 million under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program, including over $5.5 million to Missouri selectees. This funding will incentivize and accelerate the upgrade or retirement  more

EPA Awards $175K to Kansas State University to Support National Radon Hotline and Website
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: LENEXA, KAN. (OCT. 18, 2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a total of $1 million in awards to six recipients to address asthma, radon, and other indoor air health risks, including $175,000 to Kansas State University. These cooperative agreements (https://www.epa.gov/indoor-air-quality-iaq/cooperative-agreement-funding-indoor-air-quality) will advance national policy and sy  more