Biden Admin to Give out $600 Million in Grants for ‘Environmental Justice’ Projects

The plan is threatened by a Republican budget bill that passed the House in November.
Biden Admin to Give out $600 Million in Grants for ‘Environmental Justice’ Projects
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the COP28 United Nations climate summit in Dubai on Dec. 2, 2023. Karim Sahib/AFP via Getty Images
Bill Pan
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The Biden administration on Wednesday said it is appropriating $600 million as grants to fund thousands of “environmental justice” projects across the country.

The grantmaking program, created by President Joe Biden’s so-called Inflation Reduction Act, is expected to make it easier and faster for “small, community-based organizations” to tap into federal “environmental justice” funding over the next three years, according to Vice President Kamala Harris.