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EPA's Equity Action Plan
EPA released our Equity Action Plan, supporting the Biden-Harris Administration’s whole-of-government equity agenda to redress systemic barriers in policies and programs to advance equity for all.
Read EPA's Equity Action Plan
EPA Announces Plan to Protect Endangered Species
EPA released its first-ever comprehensive workplan to address the decades-old challenge of protecting endangered species from pesticides, while improving certainty for farmers, local public health agencies, and other pesticide users.
Read the news release.
Taking Action to Protect Public Health
EPA proposes to ban ongoing use of asbestos. The proposed rule would ban chrysotile asbestos, the only known form of asbestos currently imported into the U.S., to protect people from cancer risk.
More on the Proposed Rule
EPA's International Priorities
Pollution does not respect national boundaries, and environmental challenges such as the climate crisis cannot be successfully addressed by the U.S. alone. Building on EPA’s long history of international collaboration, EPA will lead on our five international environmental priorities.