So every Sunday afternoon, I receive an email from the Environmental Protection Agency (Region 5) that provides up-to-date news and goings-on for my region.
Sharing stories like the one below (partial article only. Follow the link below for the complete story):
EPA provides nearly $2.4 million for Ohio projects
(Chicago - October 3, 2011) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced funding for three Toledo-area Great Lakes Restoration Initiative projects totaling nearly $2.4 million. The projects will help to restore Lake Erie and put people back to work, using a conservation corps model to hire unemployed workers to improve habitat and clean up shoreline.
The three Toledo-area projects were selected from 44 proposals totaling almost $25 million, which were submitted in response to a $6 million challenge that EPA issued in August to encourage federal agencies to sign up unemployed workers to implement restoration projects in federally-protected areas, on tribal lands and in Areas of Concern in the Great Lakes Basin. To qualify for funding, each project is required to provide jobs for at least 20 unemployed people...
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Sharing stories like the one below (partial article only. Follow the link below for the complete story):
EPA provides nearly $2.4 million for Ohio projects
(Chicago - October 3, 2011) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced funding for three Toledo-area Great Lakes Restoration Initiative projects totaling nearly $2.4 million. The projects will help to restore Lake Erie and put people back to work, using a conservation corps model to hire unemployed workers to improve habitat and clean up shoreline.
The three Toledo-area projects were selected from 44 proposals totaling almost $25 million, which were submitted in response to a $6 million challenge that EPA issued in August to encourage federal agencies to sign up unemployed workers to implement restoration projects in federally-protected areas, on tribal lands and in Areas of Concern in the Great Lakes Basin. To qualify for funding, each project is required to provide jobs for at least 20 unemployed people...
To sign up to receive news for your region or search EPA news stories back to 1970! Follow the link to the EPA newsroom: www.epa.gov/newsroom/
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