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July 25, 2024

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SEATTLE — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $16,465,618 in environmental and climate justice community change grant funding for the City of Pocatello, Idaho and Portneuf Greenway Foundation. Pocatello’s grant application is among 21 applications selected to receive funding to help disadvantaged communities tackle environmental and climate justice challenges through projects that reduce pollution, increase community climate resilience, and build community capacity.  

The City of Pocatello and Portneuf Greenway Foundation plan to implement a series of projects to revitalize the city’s South 5th Avenue corridor. They will invest in water infrastructure by installing sewer lines in unsewered neighborhoods and more than 50 drinking water stations. They plan to transform three miles of South 5th Avenue into a “complete street” and install a 6-mile trail connecting South 5th Avenue to existing green space. They also will expand tree

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EPA công bố các lựa chọn ban đầu từ chương trình Đạo Luật Giảm Lạm Phát trị giá $2 tỷ đô la – khoản đầu tư công lý môi trường lớn nhất trong lịch sử – do chương trình nghị sự Đầu tư vào Hoa Kỳ của Tổng Thống Biden đưa ra

July 25, 2024

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WASHINGTON – Hôm nay, ngày 25 Tháng Bảy, 2024, Cơ Quan Bảo Vệ Môi Trường Hoa Kỳ đã công bố tài trợ hơn $325 triệu đô la cho 21 ứng dụng được chọn để giúp các cộng đồng có hoàn cảnh khó khăn giải quyết các thách thức về công lý môi trường và khí hậu thông qua các dự án giảm ô nhiễm, gia tăng khả năng phục hồi của cộng đồng về khí hậu và xây dựng năng lực cộng đồng.

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July 25, 2024

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SEATTLE— The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $19,555,386 in environmental and climate justice community change grant funding for Lane County, Oregon and United Way of Lane County. Lane County’s grant application is among 21 applications selected to receive funding to help disadvantaged communities tackle environmental and climate justice challenges through projects that reduce pollution, increase community climate resilience, and build community capacity.  

Lane County and United Way of Lane County will invest in six facilities to create a network of community resilience hubs to support residents during emergencies, such as wildfires and heat waves. They also will build the capacity of local organizations providing resilience services; train medical and non-medical volunteers to help in emergencies; and equip the hubs with adequate supplies. They will work to expand and improve the county’s emergency response planning and implementation

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July 25, 2024

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NEW YORK— Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced close to $1 million in funding for one selected application to help environmentally over-burdened communities tackle environmental and climate justice challenges through projects that reduce pollution, increase community climate resilience, and build community capacity. Made possible by President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, the Community Change Grants Program is the single largest investment in environmental and climate justice in history. The funding announcement today is the first tranche of nearly $2 billion from the program that was designed based on community input to award grants on a rolling basis.  

In this first round, EPA has selected the Bronx River Alliance with Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice as a partner to receive almost $1 million to convene a Bronx Climate Justice Task Force to ensure that communities have

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