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    Feeding You & Me: Honoring Farmworkers During National Farmworker Awareness Week

    EPA celebrates National Farmworker Awareness Week from March 25-31 to honor farmworkers and shine a spotlight on their critical contributions to our country.

    • Date: March 28, 2022
    • By: Rhina Lara
  • ORD employees set up an air cleaner

    EPA scientists work with Tribal Nations to protect communities from radon and promote healthier air quality

    Learn how EPA scientists are doing research that benefits vulnerable communities.

    • Date: March 25, 2022
    • By: Hilary Clark
  • Women administrators at EPA

    Women’s History Month: Women of Today Working Toward a Better Tomorrow

    At EPA, women are working every day to secure a more sustainable, more equitable environment that will support future generations for years to come.

    • Date: March 23, 2022
    • By: Janet McCabe
  • Radhika Fox on the White House lawn

    The signing of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law was historic. But our work is just getting started.

    Congress delivered big and in a bipartisan way. Now it’s EPA’s turn to help steward these resources, especially the grants and forgivable loans that will have a lifechanging impact on disadvantaged communities.

    • Date: March 3, 2022
    • By: Radhika Fox
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