The State of Illinois has been awarded a grant that totals more than $430 million to implement its Climate Pollution Reduction Grant plan. See below for Illinois’ grant application.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) program provides funding for states to develop and implement climate action plans that aim to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Under the planning phase of CPRG, U.S. EPA has provided funds to interested states, metropolitan areas, tribes and territories to design climate action plans that incorporate a variety of measures to reduce GHG emissions. The plan is to focus on six sectors (electricity generation, industry, transportation, buildings, agriculture/natural and working lands, and waste management). A Priority Climate Action Plan must be submitted to USEPA by March 1, 2024, with a Comprehensive Climate Action Plan due two years after the planning grant award.
Under the implementation phase of CPRG, U.S. EPA is offering grants between $2 million and $500 million for state and local governments and other entities to implement emissions reduction measures outlined in the Priority Climate Action Plan.
The State of Illinois has been awarded a grant that totals more than $430 million to implement its Climate Pollution Reduction Grant plan. The grant will fund projects in five priority areas: Accelerating Clean & Efficient Building Adoption; Deploying Clean Transportation & Freight; Kick-starting Industry Decarbonization; Expanding Climate-Smart Agriculture; and, Keeping Clean Power Goals on Track. The projects together will reduce more than fifty-seven million tons of greenhouse gas emissions over the next twenty-five years. You can read the State of Illinois’ Implementation Grant application, below.
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