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Healey-Driscoll Administration Announces Final Allocation of Volkswagen Settlement Funds to Support Transition to Electric Vehicles 

4/21/2023 Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection

Final $34.3M in Funding Targets Electric Buses for Regional Transit Authorities, Other EV Projects

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards $1.1 Million to Advance Recycling and Materials Reuse 

4/20/2023 Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection

Grants Support Food Rescue, Composting, Mattress Recycling, and Textiles Reuse

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards $600,000 in Grants to Assist Local Communities in Meeting Sewage Notification Requirements 

4/19/2023 Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards $500,000 in Grants to Help Watershed Coalitions, Non-Profit Organizations Monitor Water Quality 

4/18/2023 Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection

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MassDEP Air Quality Advisory: Impact Expected Across Central Counties in Massachusetts 

4/14/2023 Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection

Open Burning Advisory Also Posted for Some Communities across Massachusetts

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MassDEP Air Quality Advisory: Impact Expected Across Southeastern Counties in Massachusetts 

4/13/2023 Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection

Open Burning Advisory Also Posted for All Communities across Massachusetts

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards $1.3 Billion in Loans and Grants to Fund Wastewater and Drinking Water Infrastructure Projects 

4/10/2023 Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection

Projects can receive reduced borrowing rates for participating in Housing Choice Initiative and principal forgiveness for financing renewable energy projects or by meeting affordability criteria

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Marion Asbestos Abatement Company and Owners Charged With Illegal Asbestos Work and Causing Reckless Injury to Worker  

4/05/2023 Office of the Attorney General

Franklin Analytical Services, Inc., and its Owners Charged with Asbestos and Worker Safety Violations in New Bedford, Fall River, Dartmouth, North Andover, Stoughton, Bridgewater, West Bridgewater and Brockton

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards $1 Million to Help Small Public Water Suppliers Respond to PFAS Contamination  

4/03/2023 Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Announces MassDEP Commissioner Bonnie Heiple 

3/13/2023 Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Announces $50 Million Grant Program for Low- and Moderate-Income Electrification 

2/16/2023 Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs

The program will ramp up the Administration’s efforts to make Massachusetts a global leader in the clean energy transition

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Supports Growing Recycling Businesses 

2/15/2023 Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection

Grants Target Recycling and Re-use of Glass, Mattresses, Clothing and Furniture

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards Grants for Water Management and Conservation Projects 

2/13/2023 Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection

Projects to Increase System Resiliency and Manage Streamflow Across Commonwealth

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MassDEP Fines Package Steel Systems, Inc. for Environmental Violations at its Steel Building Manufacturing Facility in Sutton 

2/07/2023 Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection

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MassDEP Penalizes 182 MTR, LLC for Wastewater Violations at its Highway Auto Salvage Facility in Northampton 

2/06/2023 Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection