Cooperative Agreement NR243A750011C001

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CFDA 66.046) program, provides $450,000,000 to the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (CT DEEP) to implement greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction programs, policies, projects, and measures identified in a Priority Climate Action Plan. The key activities under this award include initiatives to rapidly accelerate the adoption of cold-climate...

This $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Technology Transitions (OTT) under the OTT-Technology Deployment, Demonstration and Commercialization program (CFDA 81.010) is intended to accelerate the commercialization of green chemistry startups by addressing critical technical, operational, and commercial challenges. The 3-year project period runs from December 2024 to December 2027 and will be executed by the recipient, Climatehaven Inc., located in...

This $460,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the "Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act" (CFDA 66.034) program provides funding to the Wildlife Habitat Council, Inc. to conduct ambient air quality monitoring and community engagement activities in environmental justice communities in Detroit, Michigan and the Calumet watershed region of Chicago, Illinois. The...

This $349,727 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Pollution Prevention Grants Program (CFDA 66.708) will fund Montana State University (MSU) to provide technical assistance to businesses in the food and beverage manufacturing industry. The goal is to help these businesses develop and adopt source reduction (pollution prevention) practices to reduce toxic air emissions, water and energy usage, and hazardous materials generation/use. Key activities...

The University of Utah was awarded a $350,000 Project Grant by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Pollution Prevention Grants Program (CFDA 66.708). The grant funding will support a comprehensive initiative to assist businesses in reducing the use of hazardous chemicals, water consumption, and air emissions for a cleaner, safer, and more sustainable environment. In collaboration with the Department of Energy's Intermountain Industrial Assessment Center (IIAC), the project...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded New York University $400,000 under the Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Research Program for a three-year project grant concluding in August 2025. The goal of the research is to develop and validate novel passive sampling designs that can measure a diverse suite of air toxics and contaminants of emerging concern in ambient urban air at low detection limits. Activities include refining polyethylene films for passive air sampling of hazardous...

This $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program (CFDA 66.046), provides funding to the Genesee Finger Lakes Regional Planning Council to develop and update regional climate mitigation plans to address greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and reduction measures across the metropolitan area. Key activities include conducting a GHG inventory, establishing emissions reduction targets, identifying...

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CFDA 66.046) program, provides $999,479 in funding to the South Central Regional Council of Governments (SCRCOG) to develop or update regional climate mitigation plans for the New Haven-Milford, CT metropolitan area. The key products and services to be delivered include: 1) a greenhouse gas inventory, emissions projections, and reduction targets; 2) quantified...

This $500,000 federal Project Grant, awarded on February 1, 2025 by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Research Program (CFDA 66.509), aims to elucidate the policy-making process to mitigate environmental exposures and elevate resident voices in the Commerce City-North Denver neighborhoods of Colorado. The key activities include: (1) developing models to assess the cumulative health burden experienced by marginalized communities due to social...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council (ECFRPC) under the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program (CFDA 66.046). The funding supports the development and update of regional climate mitigation plans to address greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and reduction measures across the Orlando metropolitan area. Key activities include creating comprehensive GHG inventories and mitigation strategies, in...