EPA Rolls Out $2 Billion Package for Environmental Justice

The Biden administration on Tuesday announced a $2 billion funding package to help clean up pollution and deploy clean energy in disadvantaged communities, a rollout the EPA called the single biggest investment in environmental justice history.

It’s the White House’s latest effort to transform long-neglected areas into healthy and resilient communities, a priority President Joe Biden has repeatedly stressed, including in a recent executive order.

The money, appropriated in last year’s climate bill, will be sent out in grants to fund climate resiliency and adaptation, mitigating climate and health risks from urban heat islands ...