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• $10 Million Award to University of Connecticut to Help Local Communities Address Environmental Justice Challenges Across New England

  EPA News Release: $10 Million Award to University of Connecticut to Help Local Communities Address Environmental Justice Challenges Across New England

  • Release Date: October 30, 2024

• $10 Million Award to University of Connecticut to Help Massachusetts Communities Address Environmental Justice Challenges

  EPA News Release: $10 Million Award to University of Connecticut to Help Massachusetts Communities Address Environmental Justice Challenges

  • Release Date: October 30, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces nearly $530,000 of Clean Ports investments in Massachusetts as part of Investing in America agenda

  EPA's Clean Ports Program to fund 55 zero-emission port equipment, infrastructure, and planning projects across the nation to tackle climate change, reduce air pollution, promote good jobs, and advance environmental justice

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces nearly $530,000 of Clean Ports investments in Massachusetts as part of Investing in America agenda

  • Release Date: October 29, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces over $1.5 million grant to Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation to cut climate pollution and accelerate clean energy transition

  Funded by President Biden's Investing in America Agenda, EPA announces 34 selected Tribal and territory applications through the competitive Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces over $1.5 million grant to Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation to cut climate pollution and accelerate clean energy transition

  • Release Date: September 5, 2024

• City of Springfield, Mass., selected to receive a nearly $20 million Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grant

  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

  EPA News Release: City of Springfield, Mass., selected to receive a nearly $20 million Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grant

  • Release Date: July 25, 2024

• Connecticut to benefit from over $700 million in grants for community-driven solutions to cut climate pollution across New England

  Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and the City of New Haven selected by the EPA to receive Climate Pollution Reduction Grants to tackle climate change, improve air quality, and advance environmental justice

  EPA News Release: Connecticut to benefit from over $700 million in grants for community-driven solutions to cut climate pollution across New England

  • Release Date: July 22, 2024

• Massachusetts to benefit from a $450 million grant for community-driven solutions to cut climate pollution across New England

  Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources is part of a coalition selected by the EPA to receive a $450 million Climate Pollution Reduction Grant to tackle climate change, improve air quality, and advance environmental justice

  EPA News Release: Massachusetts to benefit from a $450 million grant for community-driven solutions to cut climate pollution across New England

  • Release Date: July 22, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces over $18 million to support clean U.S. manufacturing of construction materials across New England

  Grants from President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act will support the renewal of American manufacturing by helping businesses produce low-carbon materials

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces over $18 million to support clean U.S. manufacturing of construction materials across New England

  • Release Date: July 16, 2024

• EPA awards over $8.8 million to reduce air pollution from wood heaters

  Inflation Reduction Act to fund nationwide wood heater testing effort

  EPA News Release: EPA awards over $8.8 million to reduce air pollution from wood heaters

  • Release Date: June 25, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to receive nearly $62.5 million to deliver residential solar, lowering energy costs and advancing environmental justice across Connecticut

  EPA announces selectees under Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grant competition to deliver solar to low-income and disadvantaged households through the President's Investing in America agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to receive nearly $62.5 million to deliver residential solar, lowering energy costs and advancing environmental justice across Connecticut

  • Release Date: April 22, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources to receive over $156 million to deliver residential solar, lowering energy costs and advancing environmental justice across Massachusetts

  EPA announces selectees under Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grant competition to deliver solar to low-income and disadvantaged households through the President's Investing in America agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources to receive over $156 million to deliver residential solar, lowering energy costs and advancing environmental justice across Massachusetts

  • Release Date: April 22, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces nearly $83 million in funding to expand air quality monitoring across the nation as part of Investing in America agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces nearly $83 million in funding to expand air quality monitoring across the nation as part of Investing in America agenda

  • Release Date: February 16, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration selects Health Resources in Action to receive $50,000,000 to fund environmental justice projects across New England as part of Investing in America agenda

  Grantmakers selected to reduce barriers to federal funds and issue thousands of environmental justice grants over the next three years

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration selects Health Resources in Action to receive $50,000,000 to fund environmental justice projects across New England as part of Investing in America agenda

  • Release Date: December 20, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration announces $4.5 million for environmental justice projects in communities across Connecticut as part of Investing in America agenda

  Selections announced as part of largest investments through EPA's Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem Solving Cooperative Agreement & Environmental Justice Government-to-Government grant programs funded by President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces $4.5 million for environmental justice projects in communities across Connecticut as part of Investing in America agenda

  • Release Date: October 25, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration announces nearly $4.2 million for environmental justice projects in communities across Massachusetts as part of Investing in America agenda

  Selections announced as part of largest investments through EPA's Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem Solving Cooperative Agreement & Environmental Justice Government-to-Government grant programs funded by President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces nearly $4.2 million for environmental justice projects in communities across Massachusetts as part of Investing in America agenda

  • Release Date: October 25, 2023