On Jan. 19, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials announced that MSU will receive a ten-million dollar grant to combat environmental issues within EPA Region 8. According to the EPA,
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is giving Montana State University at least $10 million to serve as an environmental justice resource center for six states and 28 tribal nations in
With the help of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Montana State University will soon establish a regional partnership to help communities and tribal nations in six states address environment- and
– As part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Community, Equity & Resiliency initiative, a groundbreaking effort to help communities across the nation navigate EPA’s Inflation Reduction Act investments and other new funding opportunities made possible by President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, EPA will host the first in a national series of in-person, community-based Regional Roadshow events, starting January 18 in Albany, New York.
Despite extensive opposition, the Virginia Reliability Project is moving forward. This month, the state s Marine Resources Commission issued a wetlands permit for the project, although 175 Virginia residents submitted comments, all in opposition. The Virginia Reliability Project calls for constructing compressor stations and expanding a gas line which has been operating since the 1950s with a larger-diameter pipeline. .