(The Center Square) – Grant awards of $20 billion toward the Biden administration’s green agenda were announced by the EPA on Thursday morning and in a signature ceremony featuring Vice President Kamala Harris while in North Carolina during the afternoon.
Sharing in $14 billion of the awards through the National Clean Investment Fund are the Climate United Fund ($6.97 billion), Coalition for Green Capital ($5 billion), and Power Forward Communities ($2 billion). Sharing in the remainder through the Clean Communities Investment Accelerator program are the Opportunity Finance Network ($2.29 billion), Inclusiv ($1.87 billion), Justice Climate Fund ($940 million), Appalachian Community Capital ($500 million) and Native CDFI Network ($400 million).
Among those with Harris in Charlotte were Michael Regan, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; U.S. Rep. Alma Adams, D-N.C.; and Gov. Roy Cooper.
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