Androscoggin County receives $330,000 from EPA for cleanup grants sunjournal.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sunjournal.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that West Virginia communities will receive nearly $3 million of Brownfields funding through its Multipurpose, Assessment and Cleanup (MAC) Grants.
SPM NEWS 5.20.21 As of this morning, students, teachers, and staff in the Sioux City Community School District and across the state are no longer required to wear masks. That action was taken to comply with a law passed last night by the Iowa legislature in the final hours of this year’s session. Early this morning, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed the bill that prohibits mask mandates in Iowa schools.
The Woodbury County Sheriffs officer investigated threats by a 6th grade student at the Bronson Elementary School. Deputies say the student did threaten to shoot students at school. The student was suspended and as a precaution extra security measure have put in place. Investigator say this case is a reminder it is the responsibility of everyone to keep our schools and communities safe. If you see or hear something, say something.
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White House Releases Initial Report Detailing Existing Resources for Energy Communities
Department of Energy Announces $109.5 Million to Support Energy Jobs, Executive Director to Spearhead Interagency Efforts
Today, theWhite House Interagency Working Group on Coal and Power Plant Communities and Economic Revitalization released a report that was delivered to President Biden and included the initial recommendations from the Interagency Working Group to catalyze economic revitalization, create good-paying, union jobs, and support workers in energy communities – hard-hit coal, oil and gas, and power plant communities – across the country.
The Interagency Working Group identified nearly $38 billion in existing federal funding that could be accessed by energy communities for infrastructure, environmental remediation, union job creation, and community revitalization efforts. This funding includes the over $260 million in existing resources already mobilized by the