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U.S. EPA announces new $550 mln funds in environmental justice grants

by Segun Ogunlade February 25, 2023
written by Segun Ogunlade February 25, 2023
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Eleven organizations will be selected across the United States to administer $550 million in grants to disadvantaged communities for reducing legacy pollution and gaining access to clean energy, the US government has announced.

Large non-profit groups, tribal nations and universities are among organizations that will recieve fund from the Environmental Protection Agency to serve as grantmakers for its new Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking program that will invest in community-led projects in areas that have been historically overburdened by air and water pollution.

This new fund is part of $3 billion included for environmental justice block grants authorized by Congress in the Inflation Reduction Act, a legislation that will drive investment of nearly $369 billion in clean energy and climate priorities.

“The money that we have been entrusted with is more than triage. It is more than fixing a small problem. The scale and the vision of this investment that Congress has given us will change these communities,” Robin Morris Collin, senior advisor for environmental justice at the EPA, was quoted as saying in an interview.

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The new office launched by the EPA last September to focus on the needs of low-income and minority communities that have been overburdened by pollution will oversee deployment of the $3 billion in environmental justice grants as parts of efforts to help the Biden administration meet its goal of delivering 40% of the overall benefits of federal climate investments to disadvantaged communities and under-invested communities, which have had trouble accessing federal support.

“We are stepping our processes up to expand what has traditionally not been a very welcoming environment for low income and disadvantaged communities to access financial resources,” Collin told reporters.

The block grant program is one of several investments the IRA made focused on environmental and climate justice.

This month, the EPA outlined how states and non profit groups can apply for up to $27 billion from “green banks” that will offer low-cost financing for clean energy and emission reducing projects.

The deadline for organizations to apply is May 31, 2023. EPA expects the grant makers to start awarding subgrants no later than early 2024.

Story was adapted from Reuters.

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