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Senior Advisor Jessica Kramer recognized 38 outstanding projects that show how smart investment and creative thinking can make a real difference.

The new initiative will enable EPA to tackle “PFAS from all of EPA’s program offices, advancing research and testing, stopping PFAS from getting into drinking water systems, holding polluters accountable, and providing certainty for passive receivers,” said EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin.

This effort is part of the EPA’s broader Powering the Great American Comeback initiative, which aims to make sure everyone—no matter where they live—can count on clean air, land, and especially water.

Laredo has long sought a secondary water supply to supplement the Rio Grande. A development in Webb County could provide a solution—but one with a hefty price tag.

This decision permits the Navajo Transitional Energy Company (NTEC) to extract an additional 39.9 million tons of federal coal and supports 280 full-time jobs.

The attacks have included threats of contamination and poisoning of water supplies, as well as arson attacks, bombs at water utilities, and others.

The Office of Water will 'be aimed at ensuring that we can make things better,' which has prompted the Office to plan 'listening sessions' that 'cross a wide range of stakeholders' in order to help 'chart our path,' she said.

Representatives from EGLE and the Army Corps are scheduled to meet this week to explore possible resolutions, as communities and businesses across Michigan await clarity on a policy that could reshape shipping logistics throughout the Great Lakes region.

The announcement reignites debate over the federal government’s role in shaping the energy landscape.

More than 1.3 million New Yorkers rely on water systems that could be impacted by any change in federal policy. If national protections are weakened, many of those systems may no longer be required to filter out PFAS at all.