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EPA Grants Funded by Bipartisan Infrastructure Law  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today celebrated the Biden-Harris Administration and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s announcement that Vermont has received $6,390,000 in grants to clean up brownfield sites in the state, spur economic revitalization, and…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) led Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) in introducing the Banning Toxics in Plastic Bottles Act, legislation to prohibit the sale of plastic beverage containers that contain toxic substances and dyes…

MONTPELIER, VT– Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today applauded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s announcement that Vermont’s Institute for Sustainable Communities (ISC) will receive $50 million provided through the EPA’s National Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking program, part of the Biden Administration’s ‘Investing in America’…