Global Center for Climate Justice on LinkedIn: Are you concerned about the future of climate and environmental justice in… (2024)

We are so excited to share the Center’s latest publication: "The Federal Funding Primer on Climate Justice: A Complete Guide for Understanding Justice40, the Inflation Reduction Act, and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law." This Primer is a landscape analysis of these three unprecedented federal funding opportunities and a roadmap for how they can be best harnessed to advance climate justice across the US. Download the full report here! https://lnkd.in/ei_AvCVx

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Exciting new green bank developments! International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) and Growth Opportunity Partners, Inc. working together to fund and install residential and community solar 🌅

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A very welcome update for all in the #environmentaljustice and #climatejustice spaces in the U.S. Check out the new EJ Technical Assistance Center website ~~

Want to know more about the EPA's Community Change Grants? There's a lot to unpack, but Environmental Protection Network have created an accessible overview video of this funding opportunity. Check it out here!https://lnkd.in/en8buHVh

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Check out some quick facts about the Justice40 Initiative, which is a set of guidelines to direct federal dollars from funding sources like the IRA & BILto communities that are disproportionately bearing the brunt of climate change. Our full report explains the Initiative in greater depth – you can download it from our website here: https://lnkd.in/ei_AvCVx

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Here’s a quick, digestible summary of our report’s section on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.🚎 🏗 🚰 We explore these ideas (and much more!) in-depth in the full report, which can be downloaded from our website here: https://lnkd.in/ei_AvCVx

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Funds from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law are already being disbursed around the country –below is a small but illustrative snapshot of the kinds of projects that the BIL has funded in its first two years:1. The City of Detroit was awarded $104 million to replace the sunken I-375 freeway with a lower-speed, pedestrian-friendly boulevard. In the 1960s, this freeway displaced thousands of Black residents in the Black Bottom and Paradise Valley communities. https://lnkd.in/e_VsApjr 2. $8.72 million is going to the Hopi Arsenic Mitigation Project in Arizona to remove the arsenic that has contaminated the Tribe’s water supply since the 1960s.https://lnkd.in/eQV5XdjF 3. The Atlantic County Special Services School District in Atlantic City, NJ was awarded $1.5 million to replace diesel school buses with zero-emissions buses to improve students’ air quality.https://lnkd.in/eG_apekR 4. $10 million is going to Donaldsonville, Louisiana, to modernize and improve the safety of the city’s legacy natural gas pipelines that currently pose major health risks to community members. https://lnkd.in/eMm6mnWe 5. Kentucky’s Greenup County School District is receiving $15 million to install solar panels, upgrade buildings, and launch a Green Energy Pathways career program for high schoolers to learn about the green energy industry.https://lnkd.in/en-tyRqB 6. The Maryland Equitable Charging Infrastructure Partnership received $15 million to deploy 58 EV charging stations at housing and municipal sites in EJ communities. Workers who have been historically underrepresented will also be supported to join the EV industry. https://lnkd.in/er4iXtQ2 Check out our full report here to read about more BIL success stories that can inspire future grant applications and an in-depth analysis of the Law: https://lnkd.in/ei_AvCVx

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Today we released the newest installment in our monthly Climate Action Updates. These updates summarize movement wins, climate policy innovations taking place in cities across the world, funding opportunities to advance climate justice, and a selection of just-released movement resources. Be sure to take a look through April's update! https://lnkd.in/exeuEN_K

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