Texas awarded $39 million to prepare for wildfires
Forest Service funds will help establish programs, buy equipment, train personnel and develop protection plans
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New Jersey to use $156 million to bring solar to underserved communities
Initiatives will prioritize community solar, multifamily solar, residential solar and technical assistance and workforce development
Florida to build $257 million interchange to reduce congestion
Current Interstate 95 interchange is outdated, featuring deficient median opening spacing and driveway connections
Feds announce new round of funding to improve water availability in western states
Four initiatives in California, Colorado and Washington seek to increase storage capacity by at least 1.6 million acre-feet
New York announces grants for housing projects, transit-oriented developments
State is allocating $67 million that is expected to attract $576 million in private investment
$179 million to go to water recycling projects in western states
Funds to flow to four projects in Utah and California to increase availability of water sources in drought-prone regions
Davidson College to reimagine historic 50-year-old library
$100 million North Carolina project currently in design phase, with construction beginning in 2025
EPA awards $900 million for clean school buses nationwide
2023 Clean School Bus Program will distribute a total of $900 million to districts, which will use funds to purchase buses
Southern California receives almost $100 million for water recycling
Multi-step purification process will clean wastewater currently set to go to the ocean and would produce 150 million gallons of drinkable water each day at full capacity
Ohio awards $152 million to transform riverfront communities
Projects will connect rivers to downtown spaces, redevelop downtown streetscapes and increase community riverfront walkability
