Biden Admin to Give out $600 Million in Grants for ‘Environmental Justice’ Projects
Published on December 21, 2023
The Biden administration on Wednesday said it is appropriating $600 million as grants to fund thousands of “environmental justice” projects across the country. The grantmaking program, created by President Joe Biden’s so-called Inflation Reduction Act, is expected to make it easier and faster for “small, community-based organizations” to tap into federal “environmental justice” funding over the next three years, according to Vice President Kamala Harris. “These grants could help a nonprofit in, say, Atlanta, monitor air pollution levels, or help a middle school in Indian Country create a summer program to teach young leaders about environmental science,” the vice president said in a press call....