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EPA announces initial selections from $2 billion Inflation Reduction Act program – the largest single environmental justice investment in history – delivered by President Biden’s Investing in America agenda.

July 25, 2024

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PHILADELPHIA— Today, July 25, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $13.9 million in funding coming to Pennsylvania to help disadvantaged 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 Pennsylvania, nearly $14 million is being awarded to the

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EPA announces initial selections from $2 billion Inflation Reduction Act program – the largest single environmental justice investment in history – delivered by President Biden’s Investing in America agenda. 

July 25, 2024

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Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $19,760,488 in funding for Midwest Tribal Energy Resources Association Inc. to help disadvantaged 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 of nearly $2 billion from the program that was designed based on community input to award grants on a rolling basis. 

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La EPA anuncia las selecciones iniciales del programa de la Ley de Reducción de la Inflación de $2 mil millones, la mayor inversión en justicia ambiental de la historia, entregada por la agenda Invertir en America del Presidente Biden

July 25, 2024

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 WASHINGTON – Hoy, 25 de julio de 2024, la Agencia de Protección Ambiental de EE. UU. (EPA, por sus siglas en inglés) anunció más de $325 millones en fondos para 21 solicitudes seleccionadas para ayudar a las comunidades desventajadas a enfrentar los retos ambientales y de justicia climática a través de proyectos que reducen la contaminación, aumentan la resiliencia climática de la comunidad y desarrollan la capacidad de la comunidad. Gracias a la Ley de Reducción de la Inflación del Presidente Biden, el Programa de Subvenciones para el Cambio Comunitario es la mayor inversión en justicia

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EPA announces initial selections from $2 billion Inflation Reduction Act program—the largest single environmental justice investment in history—delivered by President Biden’s Investing in America agenda

July 25, 2024

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BOSTON (JULY 25, 2024)— Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that the City of Springfield, and its partner Public Health Institute of Western Massachusetts, were selected to receive nearly $20 million in funding to help disadvantaged 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

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