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Congratulations to the Lower Sioux Indian Community, C̣aƞṡayapi, who was selected as an awardee of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) under the Tribal and territories competition!
Today MTERA members include 26 Midwest Tribes and it offers services to all 35 Tribes in the region. MTERA seeks to alleviate the burden of planning, funding, and implementing energy projects for individual Tribes by providing free technical assistance through support to Tribes wherever they are in their energy journey.
The clean energy transition is well underway, as Prairie Rivers Network’s Amanda Pankau saw firsthand last week in Washington D.C.
As of April, The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin has approved 4,176 megawatts of solar projects, encompassing over 29,000 acres. This spring, the U.S. Department of Energy announced it’s awarding UW-Extension $1 million to educate communities about large-scale renewables to make siting and developing those projects smoother.
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.
Metropolis Planet covers the Great Lakes TCTAC and University of Illinois Extension's role within it.
CERTs has awarded seed grants to 45 inspiring energy efficiency and renewable energy projects in communities across Minnesota.
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.
The Thriving Communities Webinar Series, kicking off in January 2024, is a part of University of Illinois Extension’s effort to build capacity for technical assistance and education aimed to help communities navigate energy- and environment-related federal grant application systems, provide guidance on community inclusion, and lead community-specific strategic planning.