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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law 

EPA provides a portal to funding opportunities of interest to local governments available through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (2021), covering topics including:

• Water Infrastructure
• Cleanup, Revitalization and Recycling Investments
• Electric and Low-emission School Buses
• Tribal Communities
• Pollution Prevention (assistance to businesses)

The Inflation Reduction Act

The Inflation Reduction Act (2022) includes a number of provisions with the potential to significantly affect the economics of decarbonization:

• What Does the Inflation Reduction Act Do for State and Local Government?
• Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 Budget and Revenue Provisions. Summary outlining the IRA's budget and revenue provisions, including those pertaining to energy, environment, and transportation.
• Understanding the Inflation Reduction Act. Introduces several ways that local energy and climate programs can benefit from the IRA, including drought relief and funding for "resilience hubs." 
• Legislative Analysis for Counties: The Inflation Reduction Act.  Article published by NACO detailing the IRA's major provisions for counties as well as a section-by-section analysis of how funds have been allocated. 
• Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA): Provisions Related to Climate Change. Report identifies IRA provisions related to climate change. Includes abbreviated information about their content and the Congressional Budget Office's estimates of revenue effects over the period of the law. 

Recent Funding Opportunities

03/28/2023 - Apply for Climate Pollution Reduction Grants [more]

03/21/2023 - EPA Clean Air Act Grants - $25 million [more]

03/21/2023 - HUD’s Thriving Communities Technical Assistance (TCTA) Program (14.259). [more]

03/21/2023 - DOE Announced Deadline for the Energy Transitions Initiative Partnership Project (ETIPP) [more]

03/21/2023 - USDA/USFS’ FY23 Community Forest & Open Space Conservation Program (Community Forest Program) [more]

03/21/2023 - EPA’s FY23 Pesticide Safety Education Funds Management Program [more]

03/21/2023 - USDA/USFS’ FY23 Southern Area State Fire Capacity Hazard Mitigation [more]

03/21/2023 - DOT Opens Applications for First Round of $2.5 Billion Program to Build EV Charging in Communities & Neighborhoods Nationwide. [more]

03/21/2023 - EPA Provides Rural, Small, and Tribal Wastewater Technical Assistance [more]

03/21/2023 - OCCHE Launches Program to Allocate Environmental Justice Solar and Wind Capacity [more]

03/21/2023 - OCCHE Launches Program to Allocate Environmental Justice Solar and Wind Capacity [more]

03/14/2023 - EPA Announces the Availability of $16 Million for Pollution Prevention Grants in Environmental Justice Communities [more]

03/14/2023 - Apply for DOE’s Clean Energy to Communities Program: In-Depth Partnerships [more]

03/14/2023 - DOE Offers Funding Opportunity for Energy Improvements in Rural or Remote Areas [more]

03/07/2023 - EPA Announces Over $250 Million to Fund Innovative Projects That Tackle Climate Pollution. [more]

03/07/2023 - EPA Announces $2.4 Billion for Clean Water Infrastructure Upgrades Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law through this year’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) [more]

03/07/2023 - NFWF Opens FY23 National Fish & Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) - National Coastal Resilience Fund [more]

03/07/2023 - FEMA is not accepting applications for the revolving loan program under the Safeguarding Tomorrow through Ongoing Risk Mitigation (STORM) Act [more]

02/28/2023 - DOE’s FY23 Clean Energy Technology Deployment on Tribal Lands [more]

02/28/2023 - EPA Announces $550 Million to Advance Environmental Justice [more]

02/21/2023 - Questions and Answers document for the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grants for Tribes and Intertribal Consortia [more]

02/21/2023 - USDA’s FY23 Local Food Promotion Program (LFPP) (10.175) [more]

02/21/2023 - EPA’s Watershed Academy Launches Hazard Mitigation Module Creating Co-Benefits Through Hazard Mitigation Planning and Water Resource Management Module [more]

02/21/2023 - EPA’s New Pollution Prevention (P2) Grant Opportunities Focused on Environmental Justice are Coming Soon!   [more]

02/14/2023 - Overview of Bipartisan Infrastructure Law CWSRF Emerging Contaminants Supplemental Appropriation Recording [more]

02/14/2023 - EPA’s Local Government Advisory Committee Releases Latest Recommendations on IRA and Heavy Duty Vehicles Program. [more]

02/14/2023 - Preparing for and Accessing Water Infrastructure Funding and Opportunities with Support from EPA [more]

02/14/2023 - Empowering Communities to Improve Climate Resilience in the Water Sector [more]

02/14/2023 - FEMA’s SAVE THE DATE: Hazard Mitigation Partners Virtual Workshop is October 16-19, 2023. [more]

02/14/2023 - EPA Announces $6.5 Billion in New Funding Available for Water Infrastructure Projects [more]

01/31/2023 - U.S. Department of Energy Announces the Buildings Upgrade Prize [more]

01/31/2023 - USDA's Water & Waste Disposal Predevelopment Planning Grants [more]

01/31/2023 - USDA's SEARCH - Special Evaluation Assistance for Rural Communities and Households Grant [more]

01/31/2023 - EPA Environmental Justice Government-to-Government Program - $70 million [more]

01/10/2023 - Ongoing Risk Mitigation Revolving Loan Fund Program [more]

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03/28/2023 - HHS celebrates World Water Day by highlighting two key programs that help maintain affordable, safe and reliable water and wastewater services

03/28/2023 - HHS releases LIHWAP Water Service Provider and Household Outreach Toolkits FY2023

03/28/2023 - FEMA Releases New Hazard Mitigation Assistance Guide

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