AP NEWS. (2023, November 24). EPA offers $2B to clean up pollution, develop clean energy in poor and minority communities. Retrieved January 21, 2024, from https://apnews.com/article/environmental-justice-grants-biden-epa-clean-energy-657a43f21b8ca7800757a72e83f3bc7c

Recently, the Biden Administration made the largest investment ever in environmental justice; $2 billion. This grant will be overseen by the EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, led by the administrator Micheal Regan. The goal of this money is to develop cleaner energy systems and clean up air pollution in disadvantaged areas. Specifically, the grants will be given to locally-based groups to monitor air pollution, mitigate urban heat islands, reduce indoor toxins, and boost electric transportation. Each community involved is expected to receive $10-$20 million to fund their projects. Communities apply for the grant, and if they don’t receive one right away they can apply again later on. The program will run for a year, hoping to help many communities in the United States. 

Minority communities are oftentimes overlooked so this program dedicated to helping them restore their environments is very important and beneficial. Biden’s decision to fund $2 billion to disadvantaged communities will result in much better transportation & a huge reduction of air pollution. Regan, the leader of the EPA, clearly has made environmental justice his top priority which is going to benefit us all in the long run. A huge part of environmental science is bettering the environment around us and this article gives a great example of the US president and the EPA trying to do so.