The Environmental Protection Network (EPN) harnesses the expertise of former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) career staff and political appointees to protect human health and the environment. Over the years, EPN has established a robust volunteer network of over 600 EPA alumni. Their focus is on enhancing the capabilities of environmental agencies and the communities they assist, particularly in addressing pressing health and environmental crises, encompassing both climate change and environmental injustice.
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The Environmental Protection Network provides valuable resources and services to communities, organizations, and government agencies that are addressing the most critical health and environmental issues of our time--namely climate change and environmental injustice.
The Anthropocene Alliance and the Environmental Protection Network is co-hosting monthly virtual discussions on the second Wednesday of every month. The discussions will focus on federal funding and other topics of interest for frontline and environmental justice communities nationally.
To help applicants as they work through their Community Change Grant Applications, EPN has created a suggested 6-step application process for Track I and Track II—including a suggested timeline.