EPA announces $770,133 for environmental justice projects in Idaho
SEATTLE — Yesterday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $770,133 to fund two projects in Idaho.
The selectees will use the funds to ensure disadvantaged communities that have historically suffered from underinvestment have access to clean air and water and climate resilience solutions.
The grants are available through EPA’s Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem Solving Cooperative Agreement program. This is the largest investment ever announced under the longstanding EPA program.
“Across the Pacific Northwest our communities can see and feel the impacts of legacy pollution and climate change in their day-to-day lives,” said EPA Region 10 Administrator Casey Sixkiller. “These funds are an opportunity for historically underserved areas to advance community driven solutions that improve public health and the environment.”
EPA’s EJCPS program provides financial assistance to eligible organizations working to address local environmental or public health issues in their communities. In Idaho, the following organizations were selected:
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TerraGraphics International Foundation Inc - $434,715 to adapt the National Incident Management System for emergency response to achieve meaningful input on mining on the Duck Valley Indian Reservation.
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Upper Snake River Tribes Foundation - $335,418 for the Tribal Youth Environmental Justice and Climate Leadership Program in Boise.
The grant program directly advances the Justice40 initiative to deliver 40 percent of the overall benefits of certain federal investments to disadvantaged communities that are marginalized by underinvestment and overburdened by pollution.
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