Tennessee proposes $59.5 billion budget for infrastructure, energy and workforce development
The budget features major investments in disaster relief, nuclear energy and transportation infrastructure.
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Millions being allocated to plug orphaned oil and gas wells on tribal lands
Orphaned oil and gas wells pose an ongoing environmental threat, potentially contaminating groundwater, leaking toxic chemicals and polluting drinking water sources.
Pennsylvania receiving $76.4 million to plug orphaned oil and gas wells
These funds will allow the state to seal around 550 abandoned wells over the next five years.
Interior Department offering $775 million in grants to plug orphaned wells
Funds are distributed to states through initial grants, formula grants and performance grants
States eligible for $30 million each to clean up orphaned wells
Interior Department releases draft guidance for third round of grants
These projects are eligible for billions in federal funding
Funds support efforts to clean up dangerous environmental conditions and pollution caused by coal mining operations
Michigan awards $87 million to rehab brownfield, greenfield sites
Funds will help state clean and prepare sites to bolster their attractiveness and add to the state’s portfolio of investment-ready sites
Ohio putting $175 million into rehabilitating brownfields
Each county will have access to $1 million in FY 2024, with the remaining funds – approximately $82 million – awarded on a first-come, first-served basis
