Cooperative Agreement 02F47301

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program (CFDA 66.046) provides $1,000,000 to the Association of Central Oklahoma Governments (Acog) for the development of climate action plans. The key deliverables over the 4-year program period include a Priority Climate Action Plan, a Comprehensive Climate Action Plan, and a final status report. The plans will identify strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and co-pollutants, with a focus on achieving benefits for low-income and disadvantaged communities. Activities include conducting emissions inventories, quantifying reduction measures, and engaging stakeholders and the public. Acog will coordinate with the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality to strengthen the statewide greenhouse gas emissions inventory. The expected outcomes include reducing greenhouse gas and co-pollutant emissions over the lifetime of the measures, improving air quality, and creating jobs through workforce development.