This $200,000 cooperative agreement awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 to the City of Houston will support the launch of the Houston Inspires/Houston Inspiration public education campaign. The campaign aims to clearly communicate risks from elevated levels of airborne environmental pollutants like PM2.5 and benzene that can increase health risks associated with COVID-19. The City of Houston will work with community organizations, artists, and local students in priority...
This $999,960 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Justice Government-to-Government (EJG2G) Program (CFDA 66.312) will provide funding to the City of Houston Department of Health and Human Services to establish a Houston-wide Environmental Justice Advisory Committee, implement an air monitoring program and community engagement efforts, develop a flood monitoring system, and conduct tree planting initiatives to address climate change impacts...
This federal Project Grant award, provided 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 program (CFDA 66.034), will fund a $500,000 initiative to conduct ambient air quality monitoring in communities with environmental and health disparities in the South Bronx, New York. The key activities under this grant include establishing community-based air quality...
This $3,015,485 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616) supports Air Alliance Houston (AAH) and its partner organizations in building the capacity of communities and governments along the Texas Gulf Coast to evaluate and address environmental and climate injustices. The key activities include: (1) conducting community-based and citizen-science initiatives to inform government...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 awarded a $298,114 Project Grant to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) to conduct ambient air monitoring and promote air quality monitoring partnerships in communities with environmental and health disparities stemming from pollution and the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding supports a multifaceted approach to characterize local-scale air quality impacts in East Oakland, California, under the EPA's Surveys, Studies,...
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...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded a $437,545 Project Grant to the Southern Research Institute to conduct ambient air quality monitoring in two underserved neighborhoods in Birmingham, Alabama. This grant is funded through the EPA's "Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act" program (CFDA 66.034). The project will monitor levels of particulate matter, gaseous pollutants, and...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $478,958 Project Grant under CFDA 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act to the City of Jersey City, New Jersey to conduct ambient air monitoring and engage the community on air quality issues. The key activities include: Monitoring pollutants of concern, such as ozone (O3) and particulate matter (PM2.5), over a 3-year period in two environmental...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $472,656 Project Grant under the CFDA 66.034 "Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act" program to the Black Parents United Foundation (BPUF) to conduct ambient air monitoring in vulnerable communities in Aurora, Colorado. The funding will support the establishment of a mobile air monitoring trailer to continuously track levels of ozone precursors,...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 awarded a $149,000 Project Grant to the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services Wetlands Bureau under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act program (CFDA 66.034). The purpose of this funding is to advance enhanced monitoring of particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5) or other National Ambient Air Quality Standards pollutants in and near communities with...