Press Releases

City of Painesville Coal Plant to Retire with Award of EPA Climate Pollution Reduction Grant

Cuyahoga County, OHIO – Cuyahoga County has been awarded a $129 million federal grant that will allow the City of Painesville to retire its aging coal plant, build new solar, and install battery storage.

Sierra Club: Congress Should Reject Fossil Fuel Boosters’ Latest Permitting Scheme

Today, Senators Joe Manchin and John Barrasso released the Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024, new legislation that would open up federal lands and waters to more leasing and drilling and unnecessarily rush the review of proposed gas export projects, forcing decisions to be based on flawed, outdated studies.

Leading Environmental and Climate Organizations Endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for President

Washington, D.C. – Today, four leading environmental, clean energy and climate organizations — the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) Action Fund, the NRDC Action Fund, the Sierra Club, and Clean Energy for American Action (CE4A Action) — endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for President. The Biden-Harris administration has done far more to address the climate crisis and environmental injustice than any administration in our nation’s history.

EPA Announces $450 Million to Connecticut, New England Coalition from Inflation Reduction Act’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grant Program

Hartford, CT – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) – along with coalition partners in Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island – was awarded $450,000,000 in funding as part of the Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) program implementation awards.

EPA Announces $328 Million to Colorado and Denver Region from Inflation Reduction Act’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grant Program

Denver, Colo. – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that Colorado and the Denver Regional Council of Governments were awarded $328 million in funding from the Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) program. 

EPA Announces $129.1 Million in Funding to Michigan from Inflation Reduction Act’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grant Program

Lansing, MI – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) was awarded $129.1 million as part of the Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) program implementation awards.

EPA Announces $450 Million to Massachusetts, New England Coalition from Inflation Reduction Act’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grant Program

Boston, MA – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that the Department of Energy Resources – along with coalition partners in Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island – was awarded $450,000,000 in funding as part of the Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) program implementation awards.

EPA Announces Recipients of $4.3 Billion in Inflation Reduction Act Climate Pollution Reduction Implementation Grants

Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the 25 applicants who were selected for Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) program implementation awards. The grants will go to state, local, and regional entities fighting climate pollution across sectors, with many focusing on clean transportation projects that will slash pollution from the nation’s top polluting sector and invest in clean public transportation and zero-emission vehicles. Of the total, the EPA is investing $1.18 billion in CPRG funds into transportation, expected to reduce up to three billion vehicle miles traveled (VMT), a powerful metric that demonstrates how reductions in carbon emissions and congestion leads to better air quality and less time spent commuting.

EPA awards over $499 million to SCAQMD from Inflation Reduction Act’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grant Program

LOS ANGELES – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) was awarded $499,997,415 in funding as part of the Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) program implementation awards.

EPA Announces $4.3 Billion in Inflation Reduction Act Climate Pollution Reduction Implementation Grants

Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the selection of 25 applicants who will receive Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) program implementation awards. The grants will go to state, local, and regional entities on the frontlines of fighting climate pollution.