May 11, 2024
Funds

Ohio seeks $189 million in EPA funds to electrify state fleets, retrofit public buildings • Ohio Capital Journal

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s administration is seeking $189 million in federal Inflation Reduction Act funding to help implement the state’s first climate action plan. The proposal, submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in late March, would establish a statewide fund to help electrify government fleets, retrofit public buildings, and install solar generation on city,

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Federal funds coming to New Hampshire to address PFAS concerns

New Hampshire will be getting nearly $10 million in federal funding to address concerns about PFAS chemicals in water.The Biden administration announced Wednesday that $1 billion in federal money will be put toward detection and treatment systems as part of new national drinking water standards. PFAS, short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a class

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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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