The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $999,549 Cooperative Agreement under the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program (CFDA 66.046) to the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency (PSCAA) to develop a comprehensive, economy-wide climate mitigation plan for the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metropolitan area. The four-year grant period runs from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2027. The key deliverables under this award include a Priority Climate Action Plan due in March 2024, a Comprehensive Climate...
This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CFDA 66.046) program, will fund the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ) to implement greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction programs, policies, and measures identified in a priority climate action plan. Key activities include expanding existing state rebate and grant programs for electric vehicles, medium/heavy-duty zero-emission vehicles, and...
This $2,961,556 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CFDA 66.046) program will fund the Snoqualmie Indian Tribe's implementation of greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction programs, policies, and measures in Snoqualmie, Washington. The key activities include reforestation and forest management on 1,800 acres of the Tribe's ancestral forest to reduce wildfire risk and capture carbon. This will involve hiring forest...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $2,999,691 Cooperative Agreement under the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program (CFDA 66.046) to the Washington State Department of Commerce (WSDC). The funding will support the development of a Comprehensive Climate Action Plan (CCAP) and a Priority Climate Action Plan (PCAP) to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and air pollution across Washington state. WSDC will collaborate with local air pollution control districts,...
This $38,646,534 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CFDA 66.046) program will fund the implementation of greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction programs, policies, and measures identified in a priority climate action plan developed by the Southeast Conference in Alaska. The key objectives are to achieve significant cumulative GHG reductions by 2030, deliver substantial community benefits particularly in low-income...
This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program (CFDA 66.046), will fund the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe (PGST) in Washington to develop a comprehensive climate action plan. The $110,000 award, effective from July 1, 2023 to July 31, 2025, will enable PGST to conduct a greenhouse gas inventory, identify emission reduction strategies, and establish near-term and long-term goals for lowering their carbon...
This $5,437,277 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CFDA 66.046) program will fund the Nisqually Indian Tribe's implementation of greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction programs, policies, projects, and measures identified in a priority climate action plan. Key activities include hiring a climate resilience program manager, installing heat pumps and solar panels in tribal buildings and homes, providing...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $129,008,738 Cooperative Agreement under the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CFDA 66.046) program to the Colorado Energy Office (CEO). The purpose of this 5-year award is to implement greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction programs, policies, and measures identified in a priority climate action plan developed under a prior EPA planning grant. The key activities to be performed include: 1) a Methane Monitoring and Capture project, with $7.4M and...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program (CFDA 66.046) provides $1,000,000 in funding to the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works to develop or update existing regional climate mitigation plans. The key activities include developing a greenhouse gas inventory, quantifying greenhouse gas reduction measures, conducting a low-income and disadvantaged communities benefit analysis, and...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to Metro, the regional planning agency for the Greater Portland area, to develop or update existing regional climate mitigation plans and conduct meaningful engagement with low-income and disadvantaged communities. This award is part of the EPA's Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program (CFDA 66.046), which provides funding to state, local, and tribal governments for planning and developing ambitious climate...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CFDA 66.046) program provides $49,999,975 to King County, Washington to implement greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction programs, policies, and measures identified in a priority climate action plan.
The key activities and deliverables under this award include: reducing operational emissions of existing multifamily and small commercial buildings; reducing embodied carbon in new building construction through government procurement practices and local building codes; creating systems to reuse wood at scale at the end of a building's life; completing 50 building retrofits, 300 heat pump water heater rebates, 130 building benchmark reports, supporting 25 independent multifamily building retrofits, completing 150 family care building retrofits, and electrifying 55 community buildings. The award also supports establishing carbon requirements for private construction in King County and the state building code, expanding a salvaged wood and recycling program, and creating a financing program to help multifamily and small commercial buildings decarbonize. The anticipated total GHG emissions reductions are 101,525 metric tons CO2e from 2025-2030 and 335,578 metric tons CO2e from 2025-2050, with a focus on benefiting low-income and disadvantaged communities.