This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5, under the "Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act" (CFDA 66.034) program, provides $456,170 to Warehouse Workers Justice Center, a non-profit organization, to conduct ambient air monitoring of pollutants in communities with environmental and health disparities stemming from pollution and the COVID-19 pandemic. The key...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5, provided under CFDA 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act, will fund the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (MDEGLE) to research and model various air pollutants in the state, with a focus on industrial facilities and environmental justice communities. The key activities include: 1) Developing a...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy a $369,344 Project Grant under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act program (CFDA 66.034). The grant funds will support enhanced monitoring of particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5) and other National Ambient Air Quality Standards pollutants in communities facing disproportionate exposure and health...
This $440,485 Project Grant awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 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 Ecology Action Center (EAC) to conduct ambient air quality monitoring in communities in the Bloomington-Normal, Illinois area with environmental and health disparities stemming from pollution and the COVID-19 pandemic. EAC will...
The City of Minneapolis, Minnesota received a $411,170 project grant award from the United States Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act federal grant program (CFDA #66.034). The grant funds will support community air quality monitoring and education efforts in environmental justice neighborhoods from June 2023 through November 2025. Specifically, the City will...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $499,922 Project Grant to the Hispanic Access Foundation (HAF) under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act (CFDA 66.034) program. The purpose of this competitively selected American Rescue Plan-funded grant is to conduct ambient air monitoring of pollutants of greatest concern in communities with environmental and health outcome disparities stemming from...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 awarded a $331,500 Project Grant to the Cook County Department of Environment and Sustainability (CCDES) under the "Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act" (CFDA 66.034) program. The purpose of this grant is to advance CCDES's monitoring of particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5) and other National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) pollutants in...
This $500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the CFDA Program 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act will fund community-based air quality monitoring efforts in the South Bronx, New York. The funding will support the establishment of air quality monitoring teams in underserved South Bronx neighborhoods to collect hyperlocal data on air pollutants of greatest...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $499,988 Project Grant to Miami-Dade County, Florida under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act program (CFDA 66.034). The grant funds will support the expansion and strengthening of the "What's Your 305 Air Quality?" community partnership program. Key activities include: Establishing the "What's Your 305 Air Quality?" Miami-Dade...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a $474,253 Project Grant to Detroiters Working For Environmental Justice (DWEJ) under the Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving (EJCPS) Cooperative Agreement Program (CFDA 66.306). The grant funds will be used to build a text-messaging system to provide Detroiters with information about poor air quality and its effects, with the goal of giving them access to resources and tools to stay safe and report pollution incidents to...