The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced the availability of $4.6 billion in competitive grants to fund state, local, and Tribal programs and policies that cut climate pollution, advance environmental justice, and implement clean energy benefits across the country. EPA claimed that as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda – central to Bidenomics – the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) competitions will use community-driven solutions to the climate crisis, helping to accelerate America’s clean energy transition.
“Communities across the Mid-Atlantic Region will benefit as states and other partners use this historic funding to develop solutions to reduce the negative impacts of climate change and help create healthier, more resilient places to live, work and thrive,” said EPA Mid-Atlantic Regional Administrator Adam Ortiz.
The latest announcement comes during Climate Week 2023 in New York City – an annual meeting of civil society leaders, business leaders, students, and advocates who are committed to taking climate action. EPA has already made $250 million available to fund the development of climate action plans, and nearly all states, plus major cities opted in to receive these flexible planning resources.
The two new competitions are part of the second round of funding from EPA’s $5 billion Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program, which was created by President Biden’s bi-partisan Inflation Reduction Act, the largest climate investment in history. EPA is announcing the availability of $4.6 billion across two implementation grant competitions, one general competition and one specifically for Tribes and territories. Under these competitions, eligible applicants will compete for CPRG implementation grants to fund measures in their state-, municipality-, Tribe-, or territory-specific climate action plans. As part of its evaluation of applications, EPA will prioritize measures that achieve the greatest amount of GHG emissions reductions.
Critics of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) – with other aspects of the Biden Administration’s climate change agenda – rightly note there are zero, none or no requirements for massively subsidized companies about their production workers. There are no market-based wage or benefit requirements, nothing that mandates company leaders to pay workers a wage to support themselves or their families – even though The Advanced Manufacturing Production Credit – called 45X for its place in the Internal Revenue Code – is enough to completely cover companies’ capital investment costs and their total wages for the first several years of production.
In the grant competitions announced today, EPA defines how the agency intends to score applications and award the competitive funds to implementation grant recipients. EPA projects awarding ~30-115 grants ranging between $2 million and $500 million under the general competition. EPA also anticipates awarding approximately ~25-100 grants ranging between $1 million and $25 million under the Tribes and territories competition.
EPA has published the two official Notice of Funding Opportunities or NOFOs for these grants competitions on View Opportunity | GRANTS.GOV. More information on the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants
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Ken Zino, editor and publisher of AutoInformed, is a versatile auto industry participant with global experience spanning decades in print and broadcast journalism, as well as social media. He has automobile testing, marketing, public relations and communications experience. He is past president of The International Motor Press Assn, the Detroit Press Club, founding member and first President of the Automotive Press Assn. He is a member of APA, IMPA and the Midwest Automotive Press Assn.
He also brings an historical perspective while citing their contemporary relevance of the work of legendary auto writers such as Ken Purdy, Jim Dunne or Jerry Flint, or writers such as Red Smith, Mark Twain, Thomas Jefferson – all to bring perspective to a chaotic automotive universe.
Above all, decades after he first drove a car, Zino still revels in the sound of the exhaust as the throttle is blipped during a downshift and the driver’s rush that occurs when the entry, apex and exit points of a turn are smoothly and swiftly crossed. It’s the beginning of a perfect lap.
AutoInformed has an editorial philosophy that loves transportation machines of all kinds while promoting critical thinking about the future use of cars and trucks.
Zino builds AutoInformed from his background in automotive journalism starting at Hearst Publishing in New York City on Motor and MotorTech Magazines and car testing where he reviewed hundreds of vehicles in his decade-long stint as the Detroit Bureau Chief of Road & Track magazine. Zino has also worked in Europe, and Asia – now the largest automotive market in the world with China at its center.
EPA Launches More Climate Pollution Reduction Grants
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced the availability of $4.6 billion in competitive grants to fund state, local, and Tribal programs and policies that cut climate pollution, advance environmental justice, and implement clean energy benefits across the country. EPA claimed that as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda – central to Bidenomics – the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) competitions will use community-driven solutions to the climate crisis, helping to accelerate America’s clean energy transition.
“Communities across the Mid-Atlantic Region will benefit as states and other partners use this historic funding to develop solutions to reduce the negative impacts of climate change and help create healthier, more resilient places to live, work and thrive,” said EPA Mid-Atlantic Regional Administrator Adam Ortiz.
The latest announcement comes during Climate Week 2023 in New York City – an annual meeting of civil society leaders, business leaders, students, and advocates who are committed to taking climate action. EPA has already made $250 million available to fund the development of climate action plans, and nearly all states, plus major cities opted in to receive these flexible planning resources.
The two new competitions are part of the second round of funding from EPA’s $5 billion Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program, which was created by President Biden’s bi-partisan Inflation Reduction Act, the largest climate investment in history. EPA is announcing the availability of $4.6 billion across two implementation grant competitions, one general competition and one specifically for Tribes and territories. Under these competitions, eligible applicants will compete for CPRG implementation grants to fund measures in their state-, municipality-, Tribe-, or territory-specific climate action plans. As part of its evaluation of applications, EPA will prioritize measures that achieve the greatest amount of GHG emissions reductions.
Critics of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) – with other aspects of the Biden Administration’s climate change agenda – rightly note there are zero, none or no requirements for massively subsidized companies about their production workers. There are no market-based wage or benefit requirements, nothing that mandates company leaders to pay workers a wage to support themselves or their families – even though The Advanced Manufacturing Production Credit – called 45X for its place in the Internal Revenue Code – is enough to completely cover companies’ capital investment costs and their total wages for the first several years of production.
In the grant competitions announced today, EPA defines how the agency intends to score applications and award the competitive funds to implementation grant recipients. EPA projects awarding ~30-115 grants ranging between $2 million and $500 million under the general competition. EPA also anticipates awarding approximately ~25-100 grants ranging between $1 million and $25 million under the Tribes and territories competition.
EPA has published the two official Notice of Funding Opportunities or NOFOs for these grants competitions on View Opportunity | GRANTS.GOV. More information on the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants
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About Ken Zino
Ken Zino, editor and publisher of AutoInformed, is a versatile auto industry participant with global experience spanning decades in print and broadcast journalism, as well as social media. He has automobile testing, marketing, public relations and communications experience. He is past president of The International Motor Press Assn, the Detroit Press Club, founding member and first President of the Automotive Press Assn. He is a member of APA, IMPA and the Midwest Automotive Press Assn. He also brings an historical perspective while citing their contemporary relevance of the work of legendary auto writers such as Ken Purdy, Jim Dunne or Jerry Flint, or writers such as Red Smith, Mark Twain, Thomas Jefferson – all to bring perspective to a chaotic automotive universe. Above all, decades after he first drove a car, Zino still revels in the sound of the exhaust as the throttle is blipped during a downshift and the driver’s rush that occurs when the entry, apex and exit points of a turn are smoothly and swiftly crossed. It’s the beginning of a perfect lap. AutoInformed has an editorial philosophy that loves transportation machines of all kinds while promoting critical thinking about the future use of cars and trucks. Zino builds AutoInformed from his background in automotive journalism starting at Hearst Publishing in New York City on Motor and MotorTech Magazines and car testing where he reviewed hundreds of vehicles in his decade-long stint as the Detroit Bureau Chief of Road & Track magazine. Zino has also worked in Europe, and Asia – now the largest automotive market in the world with China at its center.