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Environmental Protection Agency News
03 May 2024
The Illinois Government News Network (IGNN) section is your online source for news from the State of Illinois. Choose from the IGNN Links on the right to locate press releases in the categories that are of interest to you, or use the search the news feature to locate specific press releases or a different topic of releases. For other media, access the Illinois Information Service (IIS) Radio page for digital radio feeds and news soundbites.-
Annual Earth Stewardship Day Draws Area Fourth Grade Students to the Illinois State Fairgrounds
SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Illinois Department of Agriculture, Association of Illinois Soil and Water Conservation Districts, Illinois State Museum, Illinois Department of Central Management Services Environmental Health and Safety, Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), and Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology welcomed over 800 Sangamon County fourth grade students to the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield today for the 33rd Annual Earth Stewardship Day.
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Illinois EPA Announces $17.7 Million Notice of Funding Opportunity for Electric School Buses
SPRINGFIELD -Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) Director John J. Kim today announced an open-ended $17.7 million Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to fund the replacement of existing diesel school buses with new all-electric school buses located and operated in any of the three priority areas outlined in the Volkswagen Beneficiary Mitigation Plan (BMP) and further described below.
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Illinois EPA Awards over $900,000 to Recipients of Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program and Releases Third Notice of Funding Opportunity
SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Energy is announcing $902,200 in grants to four recipients of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Programs (EECBG) awards from the first round of EECBG Program funding, while also opening a third EECBG Program funding opportunity for a total of $500,000.