EPA State and Local Climate and Energy Program

🌍💡 Turn your green vision into action! 💡🌍 Don’t miss the EPA Regional Roadshow in Burlington, VT on June 11 at the Robert Miller Community Center! Discover how to secure funding for your community’s climate projects, tap into expert technical assistance to bring your visions to life, and network with fellow visionaries to amplify your impact on local climate efforts! https://lnkd.in/esuw5GNa #CommunityEquityResiliency #EnvironmentalJustice

Interested in learning more about EPA’s CO-Benefits Risk Assessment Health Impacts Screening and Mapping Tool (COBRA)? Join us for a webinar on May 20th at 1 p.m. ET to hear about the latest version of the tool, which allows users to evaluate the impacts of ozone and improves estimates of ambient PM2.5. 📅 https://lnkd.in/eS7B2mwc

Register for EPA’s May 17th public policy forum to design a stronger proposal to limit GHGs from existing gas turbines at power plants. The forum will be from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., and attendees may participate in-person or virtually. Register by May 9. https://lnkd.in/g-CjWhui

🌟 EPA’s Regional Roadshow is coming to Florence, South Carolina! 🌟 Join us at Francis Marion University on May 13, 2024, to learn about funding opportunities that can empower your community’s climate initiatives, access technical assistance resources to turn ideas into realities, and connect with peers to dream big on local climate action! Don’t miss this opportunity to connect, learn, and take action! https://lnkd.in/esuw5GNa #CommunityEquityResiliency #EnvironmentalJustice

On April 30th at 2 p.m. ET, EPA will host a webinar on the latest version of the AVoided Emissions and geneRation Tool (AVERT), now updated with a battery storage profile builder and 2023 power sector data.🔋Join us! https://lnkd.in/erGqqX2q

EPA has updated the CO-Benefits Risk Assessment Health Impacts Screening and Mapping Tool (COBRA)! ☁️ In COBRA 5.0, users can now evaluate the impacts of ground-level ozone for the first time. This version also includes updated air quality modeling for ambient PM2.5 concentrations, as well as the addition of new health impacts for O3 and PM2.5. https://www.epa.gov/cobra

The future is solar-powered and all communities deserve to join! ☀️ EPA’s $7 billion Solar for All grants: 🌎Deliver on environmental justice 💵Save families money 👷🏾️Create good-paying jobs Learn more ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/gFAqcxYP #EarthDay #SolarForAll

AVERT is staying current! 🔋 EPA’s AVoided Emissions and geneRation Tool has been updated to include energy storage as a new resource for users to include in scenarios. Users can also access updated power sector data from 2023. https://www.epa.gov/avert

Commerce City-North Denver, CO in EPA's Region 8 provided a fresh and lively forum for the #CommunityEquityResiliency Regional Roadshow on March 5! Community members engaged around historic funding and creative ideas to solve local climate challenges. #EnvironmentalJustice #DenverCO

Today, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that a record 45 states, plus Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico, and dozens of metropolitan statistical areas have now developed climate action plans supported by EPA Climate Pollution Reduction Grants! Over 96% of the U.S. population is covered by one of these plans which help state and local governments develop strategies to reduce harmful pollution and address environmental justice concerns, while building the infrastructure, industry, and competitive economy for a clean energy future. #CPRG #InflationReductionAct https://lnkd.in/eHWM5AZs