EPA and Congressmembers to Present the Houston Health Department with Grant Funds

 USEPA Media Advisory:

EPA and Congressmembers to Present the Houston Health Department with Grant Funds

(DALLAS, TEXAS – July 10th, 2023) On Monday, officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Houston Health Department and U.S. Congressmembers will gather at the Houston Botanic Garden to announce EPA’s nearly $500,000 grant to the Houston Health Department for air monitoring in environmental justice communities. The grant is funded through the Inflation Reduction Act, part of President Bidens’ Investing in America agenda.

WHAT:               Announcing Air Monitoring Grant for Houston Communities  

 

WHO:                EPA Regional Administrator Dr. Earthea Nance

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, US Congress, TX-18

Rep. Al Green, US Congress, TX-9

Rep. Sylvia Garcia, US Congress, TX-29

Dr. Loren Hopkins, Chief Environmental Science Officer, Houston Health Department

                            

 

 

WHERE:             Houston Botanic Garden, 1 Botanic Lane Houston, TX 77017

 

WHEN:               Monday, July 10^th

                             11:00 AM-11:45 AM (CST)

                         

 

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