DALLAS - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced March 19 the selection of Limitless Vistas Inc. (LVI) to receive $200,000 in grant funding for environmental job training in the Greater New Orleans area. EPA is committed to advancing job training and workforce development. The initiative will help advance economic opportunities and address environmental justice (EJ) issues in underserved communities. (Source: EPA 03/19/21) Limitless Vistas plans to train 60 students and place at least 42 graduates in environmental jobs. The training program includes 192 hours of instruction. EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, communities, and other stakeholders to work together to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse brownfields. A brownfield site is real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. EPA selects Limitless Vistas to provide environmental job training in New Orleans | U.S. EPA News Releases | US EPA
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