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EPA Announces Nearly $1B in Awards for Clean School Buses across the Nation as Part of Investing in America Agenda

As part of its ongoing commitment to protecting children and improving air quality, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently announced the selection of 67 applicants to receive nearly $1 billion through EPA’s first Clean School Bus Program Grants Competition. The awards, which are made possible through President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, will help selectees purchase over 2,700 clean school buses in 280 school districts serving over 7 million students across 37 states. By accelerating the transition to low- and zero-emission vehicles, these awards will improve air quality for children and their families and advance environmental justice, all while boosting the economy and creating good-paying jobs.

EPA Regions 9 and 10 have awarded Clean School Bus grants to 40 school districts in Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington. The $113,930,000 in grant funding will fund the replacement of 328 diesel buses with 298 electric buses, 25 propane buses, and 5 compressed natural gas buses. To learn more about where the schools are that are receiving this funding, visit the Clean School Bus program’s grant awards page.

To learn more about the Clean School Bus Program, visit the Clean School Bus Program website. To hear about future funding opportunities and other information about the Clean School Bus Program, subscribe to the program’s newsletter!


EPA Announces Availability of $4.6 Billion in Competitive Grants to Cut Climate Pollution through its CPRG Implementation Grants Program| Applications Due April 1, 2024

On September 20th, 2023, EPA launched $4.6 billion in competitive grants to fund state, local, and tribal programs and policies that cut climate pollution, advance environmental justice, and deploy clean energy solutions across the country.

As part of President Biden's Investing in America Agenda, EPA's Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) competitions will enable community-driven solutions to the climate crisis, helping to accelerate America's clean energy transition. The announcement comes during Climate Week 2023 in New York City, an annual gathering of civil society leaders, business leaders, students, and advocates who are committed to taking bold climate action.

The two new competitions are part of the second tranche of funding from EPA's $5 billion CPRG program, which was created by President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act – the largest climate investment in history. EPA has already made $250 million available to fund the development of climate action plans and nearly all states, plus major cities, opted in to receive these flexible planning resources. The $4.6 billion implementation grant competitions launched recently will fund initiatives developed under the first phase of the program.

EPA is announcing the availability of $4.6 billion across two implementation grant competitions, one general competition and one specifically for tribes and territories. Under these competitions, eligible applicants will compete for CPRG implementation grants to fund measures in climate action plans specific to their state, municipality, tribe, or territory. As part of its evaluation of applications, EPA will prioritize measures that achieve the greatest amount of GHG emissions reductions.

In the grant competitions announced today, EPA describes how it intends to score applications and award the competitive funds to implementation grant recipients. EPA anticipates awarding approximately 30 to 115 grants ranging from $2 million to $500 million under the general competition. EPA also anticipates awarding approximately 25 to 100 grants ranging from $1 million to $25 million under the tribes and territories competition.

The deadline to apply to the general competition is April 1, 2024. The deadline to apply to the tribes and territories competition is May 1, 2024.

EPA estimates that the implementation grants will be awarded in fall 2024 for the general competition, and in winter 2024-2025 for the tribes and territories competition.

Read EPA's full press release here and learn more about the CPRG Implementation Grant Program here.

Read the General Competition Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) here, and the Tribes and Territories NOFO here.


 

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