The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced 25 selected applications for over $4.3 billion in grants to implement community-driven solutions to the climate crisis, reduce air pollution, advance environmental justice, and accelerate America’s clean energy transition. The selected applications will fund state, local, and Tribal entities located in 30 states.
The grants will be funded through the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program, which was created under the Inflation Reduction Act as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda.
The information presented on this page is summarized from the selected applications.
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Key Things to Know
- The 25 selected applications came from states, local governments, Tribes, and coalitions of these entities across the country.
- Selected applicants will use the $4.3 billion in funding to implement ambitious local and regional climate pollution reduction measures to significantly reduce greenhouse gases (GHGs) by 2030 and beyond.
- The selected applications will result in significant benefits including climate benefits, air quality improvements, lower energy bills, cleaner water, and greater access to green space and public transportation.
- CPRG implementation grants will fund programs that create high-quality jobs across the U.S. including in rural areas and disadvantaged communities.
- These implementation grants complement the $250 million in CPRG planning grants awarded in 2023 to 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, 82 metropolitan statistical areas, four territories, and more than 200 Tribes.
Applications Selected
25
applications
$4.3B
total estimated funding
1 Calculated based on emission reduction estimates that were provided in the selected applications. CO2e refers to carbon dioxide equivalent.
Selected Applications
The 25 selected applications are from 13 state applicants, 11 municipal applicants, and 1 Tribal applicant and will fund projects in 30 states. Eight of the selected applications were submitted by coalitions of multiple entities that will collaborate to implement the proposed projects.
Visit CPRG’s list of selected applications to learn more.
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Anticipated Investments by Sector
The proposed projects in the selected applications target greenhouse gas pollution from six sectors: Transportation, Electric Power, Buildings, Industry, Agriculture and Natural and Working Lands, and Waste and Materials Management. CPRG funding will provide significant investment in each of these sectors. Here are some examples of anticipated results.
Transportation
$1.18 billion in CPRG funds
- Charging infrastructure for zero-emission freight trucks along hundreds of miles on some of the nation’s busiest freight traffic corridors
- Incentives to deploy 6,200 light-duty electric vehicles; 1,750 electric trucks; 4,270 electric chargers; 18 electric locomotives; and 28,000 bicycles including bikeshares and electric bikes
- Measures that would reduce up to 3 billion vehicle-miles-traveled (VMT)
- Selected applications by sector – Transportation
Electric Power
$372 million in CPRG funds
Buildings
$1.06 billion in CPRG funds
- Incentives for energy efficiency measures in nearly 700,000 residences, including to deploy an estimated 580,000 heat pumps
- Efficiency measures in approximately 50 million square feet of commercial buildings
- Energy efficiency improvements in 250 public buildings
- Selected applications by sector – Buildings
Industry
$636 million in CPRG funds
- Approximately $500 million for state-level grants to fund hundreds of projects that reduce GHGs from industrial facilities
- Measures to reduce methane emissions from coal mines and oil and gas production equivalent to 3.7 million metric tons of CO2 by 2030
- Selected applications by sector – Industry
Agriculture and Natural and Working Lands
$931 million in CPRG funds
Waste and Materials Management
$121 million in CPRG funds
