EPA Highlights Major Environmental Milestones, Video and Web Update

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Spotlighting Environmental Successes: EPA's Latest Achievements

October 16, 2026

In a move to highlight significant environmental progress, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has launched an updated webpage and a new video summarizing numerous achievements since January 2025. These efforts showcase substantial improvements in water treatment, wildfire recovery, and water infrastructure investments, among other areas.

Watch the video here

The EPA's updated resources detail the agency's extensive work in enhancing environmental conditions across the United States. As EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin emphatically stated, "Behind every one of these wins is a community with cleaner water, cleaner air, and cleaner land."

Under Administrator Zeldin's leadership, the EPA faced substantial regulatory backlogs; however, the agency has since successfully executed numerous actions to address these challenges. Notably, the EPA completed 100 actions within the first 100 days, reached 500 actions by the one-year anniversary, and achieved 100 more by the 600-day mark.

The agency's accomplishments include the treatment of approximately 1.2 billion gallons of drinking water for PFAS contaminants, the reduction or elimination of 97.5 million pounds of pollution, and the clearance of over 13,000 properties after the Los Angeles wildfires, enabling families to return home. Moreover, the EPA has allocated $6.5 billion through the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA), alongside billions more in efforts to reduce lead and PFAS in drinking water. The Superfund Solutions initiative continues to reclaim and repurpose contaminated sites.

For further details on the EPA's substantial environmental achievements, visit the EPA's accomplishments page.

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