Low-income communities, communities of color, and tribal communities often bear the heaviest burden from pollution and climate change while having the fewest resources to respond. The Climate Justice Grants Act would create a federal EPA grant program providing up to $2 million per recipient to tribal governments, local governments, and nonprofit community organizations to build capacity and carry out projects in these communities. Eligible projects include community solar and wind installations, building energy efficiency upgrades, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, and climate-resilient infrastructure. The bill authorizes $1 billion per year for 10 years (fiscal years 2026–2035), with up to 2 percent of each year's funding available for administrative costs.
Congressional Summary
Climate Justice Grants Act This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a grant program to assist tribal governments, local governments, nonprofits, or community-based organizations in addressing issues relating to climate justice and carrying out activities that address climate justice concerns of environmental justice communities. Environmental justice communities refers to any population of color, community of color, indigenous community, or low-income community that experiences a disproportionate burden of the negative human health and environmental impacts of pollution or other environmental hazards.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2025-12-11
- Date Added
- 2026-04-10
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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