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Today, EPA announced the recipients of $300 million in Climate Pollution Reduction Grants as part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda. EPA has selected 34 applications to fund projects proposed by 33 Tribal recipients and the Municipality of Saipan in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to implement community-driven solutions to tackle the climate crisis, reduce air pollution, advance environmental justice, and accelerate the clean energy transition. The proposed projects would cumulatively reduce greenhouse gas pollution by over 7 million metric tons of carbon dioxide by 2050 – equivalent to the carbon dioxide emitted from nearly 1.4 million homes' electricity use for one year. https://zurl.co/gOpe

“Taking these essential extra steps will involve the use of carbon markets, but too often we think about them in isolation, ignore how they have changed, and overlook further changes that are on the horizon. This report underscores the role they can play in contributing to the fight against climate change and biodiversity loss, both now and in the future.” – CEO John Connor in The Australian Financial Review yesterday establishing the importance of the inaugural Carbon Market Report as a key reference point for the Australian carbon market moving forward. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/gBRPG3zp #carbonmarkets #carbonfarming #carbonsequestration #carboncredits #abatement #emissionsreduction #carbontrading #climateaction #climatechange #climatefinance #climatepolicy #netzero #netnegative

Although it may not be obvious, there’s a direct connection between your energy use and the environment. By taking steps to reduce your energy intake, you’ll contribute to a healthier and happier world. How does saving energy can help environment?🌎💡 Click this link 👇👇👇 https://lnkd.in/dTx3Gv5 #pollution #saveenergy #environment #enerygy #helpenvironment #reduceelecttricityuse #helpnature #savenature #conserveresources #savelives #bethechange #simplesmallchange #helpconserrveresources #reducecost #reduceimpact #climatechange #theecofairy

EPA Unveils $4.3 Billion In Grants. Aims To Reduce Almost 1 Billion MT of Carbon. Read how this will boost local climate action >>  https://lnkd.in/dYCs5NAm This funding is aimed at supporting community-driven projects that address climate change, reduce air pollution, advance environmental justice, and accelerate the transition to clean energy. #epa #ccs #ccus #carboncredits #carbonoffsets #carbonpricing #carbonscapture #carbonmarkets #carbonnews #carbonprices #ccs #ccus #cdr #climatechange #cleanenergy #decarbonization #emissionsreduction #energytransition #esg #greenhydrogen #netzero

City of Johannesburg Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) Greater #awareness is needed in #SouthAfrica about the sound reasons why environmental regulations should discourage any additional #landfill #development. #Municipalities and #metros should urgently and actively focus on #diverting #waste away from landfills by #Council decisions for developing and #funding of #wastetoenergy plants with benefit of #electricitygeneration as a byproduct. #Landfillgas to #power should be expedited on all landfills with remaining life to avert #methane emissions. Thanks to #EnergyJoburg for these latter landfillgas-to-power projects producing up to 8MW for Joburg residents.

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is awarding $4.3 billion in #IRA grants to fund 25 #climate pollution reducing projects in 30 states. The funds target greenhouse gas #emissions from #transportation, #electricity power generation, #decarbonization of commercial and residential #buildings, #industry, #agriculture and #wastemanagement. The proposed projects would reduce greenhouse gas pollution by close to 1 billion metric tons of #CO2 by 2050, roughly equal to the emissions from 5 million average homes’ energy use annually for 25 years. #sustainability #climatechange #energytransition #climateaction #carbon #carbonemissions #carbonremoval #electricvehicles

Find out what 30 leaders and policy makers in energy are saying about the Polis administration's released an updated Greenhouse Gas Pollution Reduction Roadmap 2.0. This plan lays out a set of near-term actions to reduce emissions across economic sectors and create key new pathways to assist in reaching Gov. Polis’ ambitious goals of cutting greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution in half by 2030, and moving toward net-zero GHG pollution in Colorado by 2050. Click on link for leadership comments. https://lnkd.in/gNcxkXJQ

Find out what 30 leaders and policy makers in energy are saying about the Polis administration's released an updated Greenhouse Gas Pollution Reduction Roadmap 2.0. This plan lays out a set of near-term actions to reduce emissions across economic sectors and create key new pathways to assist in reaching Gov. Polis’ ambitious goals of cutting greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution in half by 2030, and moving toward net-zero GHG pollution in Colorado by 2050. Click on link for leadership comments. https://lnkd.in/gNcxkXJQ

Landfills have no place in a sustainable future. The US must implement policies to eliminate landfills and accelerate the adoption of Waste-to-Energy technologies to manage non-recyclable residual waste to recover materials and renewable energy for a cleaner, greener future. It's time to act now so we can make significant progress toward our climate goals.

With investments from the #InflationReductionAct, states can play an active role in reducing pollution. Through the Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) program, 46 states have accepted $3 million each from EPA in planning grant funds. This year, those states, in addition to certain municipalities, will compete for the remaining $4.6 billion of implementation funding. This is an unprecedented opportunity for states to decarbonize their economies, with a wide array of options to develop their own state-specific Priority Climate Action Plan.  CATF’s John Carlson provides a framework to help guide state officials in designing competitive CPRG implementation grant applications: https://lnkd.in/gVR9fahA