{"id":2213674,"date":"2024-04-05T09:57:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T13:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/epa-vice-president-target-low-income-communities-in-20b-of-awards\/"},"modified":"2024-04-05T09:57:31","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T13:57:31","slug":"epa-vice-president-target-low-income-communities-in-20b-of-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/epa-vice-president-target-low-income-communities-in-20b-of-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"EPA and Vice President aim $20B in awards at low-income communities"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fepa-vice-president-target-low-income-communities-in-20b-of-awards%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2213674&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The EPA \u200dannounced $20 billion in \u2062grant awards for the Biden administration\u2019s \u200cgreen agenda. Vice President Kamala Harris participated in\u200d the ceremony in North Carolina. Major recipients include \u200dClimate United Fund ($6.97 billion), Coalition for Green Capital ($5 billion), and Power Forward Communities ($2 billion).\u2064 Various \u2064organizations will share the\u2062 remaining funds. Key figures present \u2064were Michael\u2063 Regan, U.S. \u2062Rep. Alma Adams, and Gov. Roy Cooper.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>(The Center Square) \u2013 Grant awards of $20 billion toward the Biden administration\u2019s green agenda were announced by the EPA on Thursday morning and in a signature ceremony featuring Vice President Kamala Harris while in North Carolina during the afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Sharing in $14 billion of the awards through the National Clean Investment Fund are the Climate United Fund ($6.97 billion), Coalition for Green Capital ($5 billion), and Power Forward Communities ($2 billion). Sharing in the remainder through the Clean Communities Investment Accelerator program are the Opportunity Finance Network ($2.29 billion), Inclusiv ($1.87 billion), Justice Climate Fund ($940 million), Appalachian Community Capital ($500 million) and Native CDFI Network ($400 million).<\/p>\n<p>Among those with Harris in Charlotte were Michael Regan, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; U.S. Rep. Alma Adams, D-N.C.; and Gov. Roy Cooper.<\/p>\n<p>Tens of thousands of climate and clean energy projects, a release from the White House says, will benefit from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2024\/04\/04\/biden-harris-administration-announces-historic-20-billion-in-awards-to-expand-access-to-clean-energy-and-climate-solutions-and-lower-energy-costs-for-communities-across-the-nation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>national financing network<\/strong><\/a>. Those chosen were \u201cespecially in low-income and disadvantaged communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The EPA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/newsreleases\/biden-harris-administration-announces-20-billion-grants-mobilize-private-capital-and\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>$27 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund<\/strong><\/a> is funded by the $891 billion Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Projects that can be accomplished through the various nonprofits include things such as residential heat pumps, energy-efficient home improvements, electric vehicle charging stations and community cooling centers.<\/p>\n<p>Harris shared with her audience the story of a family she visited in a historically Black neighborhood in Charlotte, where the father of young children left being a middle school teacher to be a small business owner. He also left a house with monthly bills of $300 each for gas and electricity, for a home with some of the green features and total monthly energy costs of about $100.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s think about what this means,\u201d Harris said. \u201cYes, we talk about cutting energy costs. But when we talk about real people, with their dreams and aspirations and responsibilities and obligations, this is a big deal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harris\u2019 visit was her second in as many weeks and fourth since Jan. 1.<\/p>\n<p>The occasion was also used as a stump for President Joe Biden. Democrats are hoping to reverse a half-century of patterned history in which voters from the state have picked the Republican candidate 12 of the last 14 times (Jimmy Carter 1976, Barack Obama 2008) starting with Richard Nixon in 1968.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The EPA revealed $20 billion in grant awards for Biden&#8217;s green agenda. 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