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EPA Highlights $307M in Climate Pollution Reduction Funding During Tour of
Nebraska Farm
Funded by President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda, EPA selected the
Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy through the competitive 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. (AUG. 7, 2024) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) Deputy Administrator Janet McCabe joined Nebraska Governor Jim
Pillen, state officials, and agriculture representatives at Jacobsen’s Farm
in Omaha, to highlight the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy’s
(NDEE) selection for a $307 million EPA Climate Pollution Reduction Grant
(CPRG).
During the tour, EPA officials saw how farms such as Jacobsen’s Farm will
benefit from CPRG funding awarded to NDEE to support clean investments in
agriculture in the state.
“EPA is pleased to partner with Governor Pillen and the State of Nebraska to
deliver community-driven solutions to address climate change, protect public
health, and invest in neighborhoods, family farms, and communities across the
Cornhusker state,” McCabe said. “The Nebraska Department of Environment
and Energy’s innovative plan will reduce emissions from agricultural
production in rural communities, deliver financial assistance to low-income
residents for energy efficiency upgrades, and reduce harmful pollution. These
programs will pay public health dividends for generations to come and will
provide critical information for others across the country to adopt and adapt
to address these challenges in their own communities, especially rural
communities.”
“The public outreach and statewide input that was received through this
process allowed us to shape our application to make the greatest impact across
the state,” Pillen said. “I am grateful to EPA for recognizing the
uniqueness of our application and our great state. This grant will strengthen
our rural communities, our agriculture industry, and allow Nebraska to fully
realize the potential of full value agriculture. This grant signifies what can
be done when we all come together for Nebraska and her citizens.”
“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 NDEE to
secure this grant and share their goal of partnering with agriculture,
industry, and neighborhoods to find common-sense solutions to environmental
issues.”
NDEE will fund measures to increase the adoption of climate-smart and
precision agriculture and reduce agricultural waste from livestock. The
selectee 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.
Background
EPA announced its CPRG selections on July 22, 2024, after 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 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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