Today (Thursday), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska has been selected to receive $13,196,915 in Climate Pollution Reduction Grants, as part of the Biden-Harris administration’s Investing in America Agenda.
According to whitehouse.gov, the Investing in America Agenda is “rebuilding roads and bridges using Made in America materials and American workers. It is bringing back jobs in industries that spent decades outsourcing.”
The Tribe’s Energy Sovereignty and Community-Scale Decarbonization Project will help them achieve energy sovereignty and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by installing a microgrid powered by renewable energy sources and providing no-cost installation of air-source heat pumps and electric water heaters for residential households located on Tribal land.
EPA has selected 34 applications to fund projects proposed by 33 Tribal recipients to implement community-driven solutions to tackle the climate crisis, reduce air pollution, advance environmental justice, and accelerate the clean energy transition.
EPA made its Tribes and Territories Competition selections following a review of 110 applications that requested a total of more than $1.3 billion in funding. The Agency expects to award funds under both the Tribes and Territories Competition and the General Competition later this year, once all legal and administrative requirements are satisfied.