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EPA Announces $307M for Community-Driven Solutions to Cut Climate Pollution
Across Nebraska
Funded by President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda, EPA announces 25
selected applications through the competitive Climate Pollution Reduction
Grants program to tackle climate change, improve air quality, and advance
environmental justice
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7 – 11201 Renner Blvd., Lenexa,
KS 66219
Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Nine Tribal Nations
913-343-2991
LENEXA, KAN. (JULY 22, 2024) – Today, as part of the Biden-Harris
administration’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) announced the general competition selection of the
Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy (NDEE) to receive a $307 million
Climate Pollution Reduction Grant to implement community-driven solutions to
tackle the climate crisis, reduce air pollution, advance environmental
justice, and accelerate America’s clean energy transition.
NDEE will fund measures to increase the adoption of climate-smart and
precision agriculture and reduce agricultural waste from livestock. The
selected application will also fund projects to improve energy efficiency in
commercial and industrial facilities and low-income households, as well as
deploy solar and electrify irrigation wells.
“President Biden believes in the power of community-driven solutions to
fight climate change, protect public health, and grow our economy. Thanks to
his leadership, the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program will deliver
unprecedented resources to states, local governments, and Tribes to fund the
solutions that work best in their communities,” said EPA Administrator
Michael S. Regan. “Selected recipients have put forward ambitious plans to
advance sustainable agriculture, deploy clean industrial technologies, cut
emissions and energy costs in homes and commercial buildings, and provide
cost- and energy-efficient heating and cooling to communities, creating
economic and workforce development opportunities along the way.”
Through this grant, the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy will
deliver innovative environmental solutions that work for rural and urban
Nebraskans across the Cornhusker State,” said EPA Region 7 Administrator
Meghan A. McCollister. “We are proud of the effort undertaken by the NDEE to
secure this grant and share their goal of partnering with agriculture,
industry, and neighborhoods to find common sense solutions to environmental
issues.”
“We are excited about the opportunities these funds provide for Nebraska,”
said interim director for the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy
Thad Fineran. “With this grant, Nebraska will continue to build on
innovative practices many are already implementing to grow our economy while
protecting our environment and energy resources.”
“We are grateful to the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy for
their diligent efforts in securing these vital funds and to the Biden-Harris
Administration and EPA for making them available,” said Lincoln Mayor
Leirion Gaylor Baird. “This significant federal investment will bolster the
efforts of Lincoln and other local governments across our state as we work
with our residents and businesses to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve
air quality, spur new clean energy jobs, and ensure a more sustainable future
for all.”
EPA made its selections through a rigorous grants competition that was
designed to be fair and impartial. The Agency reviewed nearly 300 applications
that were submitted by entities from across the country and requested a total
of nearly $33 billion in funding.
The 25 selected applications – from states, a Tribe, local governments, and
coalitions of these entities – will receive federal funding to implement
local and regional solutions. Many of these projects can be expanded and
provide examples and blueprints that other states, local governments, tribes,
and even businesses can replicate in their work to tackle the climate crisis.
Together, these selected projects will implement ambitious climate pollution
reduction measures designed by states, tribes, and local governments that will
achieve significant cumulative greenhouse gas reductions by 2030 and beyond.
When estimates provided by all selected applicants are combined, the proposed
projects would reduce greenhouse gas pollution by as much as 971 million
metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent by 2050, roughly the emissions from 5
million average homes’ energy use each year for over 25 years.
EPA expects to announce up to an additional $300 million in selections under
the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) program for tribes, tribal
consortia, and territories in the coming weeks.
State, tribal, and local action is vital to deliver on the President’s
commitment to reduce climate pollution by over 50% by 2030 and achieve
net-zero emissions no later than 2050. The innovative measures contained in
the selected applications, developed with input from local communities, are
expected to achieve substantial public health benefits, such as reducing
exposure to extreme heat, improving air quality, reducing energy burden for
lower-income Americans, improving climate resilience, and providing workforce
and economic development opportunities, particularly in low-income and
disadvantaged communities.
The Climate Pollution Reduction Grants advance President Biden’s historic
Justice40 Initiative, which aims to ensure that 40% of the overall benefits of
certain climate, clean energy, and other federal investments flow to
disadvantaged communities that are marginalized by underinvestment and
overburdened by pollution.
The grants will fund projects supporting the deployment of technologies and
programs to reduce greenhouse gases and other harmful pollution across the
country and build the infrastructure, housing, industry, and competitive
economy needed for a clean energy future. These grants will also help
businesses capitalize on new opportunities, spur economic growth and job
creation by supporting new and growing industries, and support development of
training programs to prepare workers. EPA expects to award the funds later
this year, once all legal and administrative requirements are satisfied.
Many of the proposed projects contained in the selected applications announced
today, as well as the $250 million in planning grant funding that EPA is
providing under the CPRG program for development of Climate Action Plans by
state, local, and Tribal governments across the country, will complement the
Biden-Harris Administration’s historic federal actions and national climate
strategies across sectors. Those include: the U.S. National Blueprint for
Transportation Decarbonization, the Administration’s efforts to achieve 100%
clean electricity by 2035 and make zero emissions construction common practice
by 2030, the Industrial Decarbonization Roadmap, the U.S. Buildings
Decarbonization Blueprint, the Administration’s climate-smart agriculture
efforts and Nature Based Solutions Roadmap, the U.S. Methane Emissions
Reduction Action Plan, the National Climate Resilience Framework, and more.
Learn more about the selected applications.
Learn more about the CPRG program.
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