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New York Department of Transportation receives $32 million grant to reduce pollution from construction

The program’s goals include identifying low carbon materials and adopting lower carbon specifications for large volume materials for state projects.

Brady Pieper

Feds release over $1.3 billion to modernize nation’s transportation infrastructure

The grants will fund transportation projects around the nation to modernize critical infrastructure and increase access to transit.

Jerrod Kingery

Maryland grant program offers funding for electric school buses

Eligible applicants can be reimbursed up to 85% of the cost of purchasing qualified electric school buses.

Brady Pieper

Oregon DOT secures $32 million grant to procure low-carbon construction material

Oregon’s grant will be used to procure cleaner construction materials for federally funded transportation projects statewide.

Pete Hahnloser

Department of Energy investing $2.2 billion in two new clean-hydrogen hubs

The H2Hubs program’s goal is to create a nationwide network connecting clean hydrogen producers, users and infrastructure while supporting its production, storage, transportation and applications.

Adam Rollins

DOE invests $518 million to advance, build carbon sequestration hubs

The funds will support projects designed to combat climate change by developing large-scale carbon storage projects.

Keaton Peters

Land conservation projects receive $1.5 billion from USDA

The goal of the funding is to help farmers, ranchers and forest landowners implement conservation strategies.

Mary Scott Nabers

New funding for projects to upgrade and modernize a different type of transportation

The funding will support ferry projects in 14 states, including replacing old vessels with electric ships, upgrading the waterfront facilities and modernizing the systems with technology.

Pete Hahnloser

Study: Port electrification through federal funding benefits environment, disadvantaged communities

Nearly 39 million people in the U.S. live within three miles of a port, many of whom are people of color and live at or below the national median household income.

Keaton Peters

Wave power’s tide is rising off Alaskan coast

Up to 200 megawatts (MW) of tidal energy capacity could be integrated into Railbelt Electrical Grid without major infrastructure upgrades

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