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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Climate Alliance, a bipartisan coalition of governors representing approximately 60 percent of the U.S. economy and 55 percent of the U.S. population, today announced that its members have collectively secured approximately $2.6 billion in historic funding as part of the second phase of the Biden-Harris administration’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) program. These awards, made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), will provide direct funding to 14 Alliance states to implement ambitious measures that deliver significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and substantial community benefits.
“Alliance states and territories are home to many of the world’s most impactful climate solutions,” said U.S. Climate Alliance Executive Director Casey Katims. “With this huge new injection of federal funding, leading states will turn their innovative plans into bold action — and deliver a better, cleaner future for America.”
More information on the grants received by the Alliance’s members is below:
In total, these grants are expected to collectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions by over 600 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent by 2050. Additional detail on today’s awardees can be found on EPA’s website.
Across the Alliance, members are leveraging historic IRA resources to tackle the climate crisis. Every Alliance state and territory participated in the first phase of the CPRG program, securing more than $70 million collectively to develop priority climate action plans. Additionally, earlier this year, 23 of the Alliance’s members collectively secured approximately $2.9 billion under the Biden administration’s Solar for All program, which will enable low-income households across America to access residential solar power — and save money and energy, boost resilience, improve health, and create quality jobs.
Launched on June 1, 2017 by the governors of Washington, New York, and California to help fill the void left by the previous administration’s decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Agreement, the Alliance has grown to include 24 governors from across the U.S. representing approximately 60% of the U.S. economy and 55% of the U.S. population. Governors in the Alliance have pledged to collectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 26-28% below 2005 levels by 2025, at least 50-52% below 2005 levels by 2030, and collectively achieve overall net-zero greenhouse gas emissions as soon as practicable, and no later than 2050.
The Alliance’s states and territories continue to demonstrate that climate action goes hand-in-hand with economic growth, job creation, and better public health. While reducing collective greenhouse gas emissions by 19%, Alliance members increased their collective GDP by 30%. The coalition’s states and territories are employing more workers in the clean energy sector, achieving lower levels of dangerous air pollutants, and preparing more effectively for climate impacts and executing more pre-disaster planning than the rest of the country.
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