§7438 Environmental and Climate Justice Block Grants

Summary

The law provides $2,800,000,000 for grants and $200,000,000 for technical help, all available until September 30, 2026. The Administrator must use the $2,800,000,000 to give up to 3-year grants to groups that carry out projects that help disadvantaged communities, as the Administrator defines them. Projects can include community-led pollution monitoring and cleanup, buying low- or zero-emission and resilient technologies and training workers, reducing heat and wildfire and wood-stove risks, improving climate resilience, lowering indoor toxins and air pollution, and helping communities take part in state and federal public processes. Seven percent of the money must be kept for administrative costs. Definitions: Eligible entity — a community-based nonprofit, a partnership of such nonprofits, or a partnership between a community nonprofit and an Indian tribe, local government, or college. Greenhouse gas — carbon dioxide, hydrofluorocarbons, methane, nitrous oxide, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride.