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Here's how $4 billion in government money is being spent to reduce climate pollution
https://www.npr.org/2024/07/23/nx-s1-5046808/heres-how-4-billion-in-government-money-is-being-spent-to-reduce-climate-pollutionHere's how $4 billion in government money is being spent to reduce climate pollution
JULY 24, 2024 2:15 AM ET
By Halle Parker, WWNO, Ellis Juhlin, Jessica Meszaros
After Hurricane Ida struck in 2022, the city of New Orleans went dark. The electric grid failed, spurring calls for more energy independence through measures like rooftop solar.
On Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency awarded the city nearly $50 million to help pay for installing solar on low to middle income homes as part of a program to cut the country’s climate pollution. The project gives the city a way to adapt as a changing climate yields stronger hurricanes while also emitting fewer emissions that cause the planet to warm. The city also plans to green up underserved areas with trees and build out its lackluster bike lane system to provide an alternative to cars.
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New Orleans is one of 82 cities and 45 states that applied for funds from a $4.3 billion grant program aimed at encouraging local action to help address human-driven climate change. The EPA selected 25 projects out of 300 applications.
The grants are part of the Biden administration’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grant Program (CPRG) — a sweeping effort created under the country’s largest investment in climate action ever through the Inflation Reduction Act.
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JULY 24, 2024 2:15 AM ET
By Halle Parker, WWNO, Ellis Juhlin, Jessica Meszaros
After Hurricane Ida struck in 2022, the city of New Orleans went dark. The electric grid failed, spurring calls for more energy independence through measures like rooftop solar.
On Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency awarded the city nearly $50 million to help pay for installing solar on low to middle income homes as part of a program to cut the country’s climate pollution. The project gives the city a way to adapt as a changing climate yields stronger hurricanes while also emitting fewer emissions that cause the planet to warm. The city also plans to green up underserved areas with trees and build out its lackluster bike lane system to provide an alternative to cars.
[...]
New Orleans is one of 82 cities and 45 states that applied for funds from a $4.3 billion grant program aimed at encouraging local action to help address human-driven climate change. The EPA selected 25 projects out of 300 applications.
The grants are part of the Biden administration’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grant Program (CPRG) — a sweeping effort created under the country’s largest investment in climate action ever through the Inflation Reduction Act.
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