For the first time the US DOT is carving out budget for climate and environmental justice projects

For the first time the US DOT is carving out budget for climate and environmental justice projects

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https://techcrunch.com/2021/02/17/for-the-first-time-the-us-dot-carving-out-budget-for-climate-and-environmental-justice-projects/

As part of the grant-making associated with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Infrastructure for Rebuilding America program, the agency will for the first time carve out some of that program’s $889 million budget for projects addressing climate change and environmental justice.

The projects will be evaluated on whether they were planned as part of a comprehensive strategy to address climate change, or whether they support strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions such as deploying zero-emission-vehicle infrastructure or encouraging shifts in modes of transportation or vehicle miles traveled, the agency said in an announcement.