May 12, 2024
Funds

More than $62M in federal funds headed to Hawai‘i to deliver solar power to homes : Kauai Now

Today, on Earth Day, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) announced that the Hawai‘i Green Infrastructure Authority is receiving $62.45 million in grant funding from the Environmental Protection Agency to deliver solar power to low-income households across the state. The authority is a part of the State of Hawai‘i’s Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism,

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Funds

EPA’s Selection of Recipients for $20 Billion in Greenhouse Gas Reduction Funds Is Another Major Step Toward Achieving National Climate Goals

From a standing start when the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was enacted in August 2022, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been on a nonstop sprint to establish and implement the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) and obligate $27 billion Congress appropriated for GGRF grants and loans to support clean energy investments by Sept. 30,

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Investment

Largest recycling investment in 30 years benefits MI organizations, tribes

LANSING, Mich. — Reduce, reuse and recycle — that’s a mission for the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA announced its largest recycling investment in 30 years this past November, placing funding in the hands of Michigan tribes and the Michigan Recycling Coalition. FOX 17 spoke with Nena Shaw, the Director of the

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