Biden-Harris Administration Announces $147M in Clean Ports Investments in Maryland as Part of Investing America Agenda | US EPA

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : EPA ensured that near-port community engagement and equity considerations were at the forefront of the Clean Ports Program's design, including evaluating applications on the extent and quality of their projects' community engagement efforts.
59% : After a thorough and rigorous grant application review process, EPA selected 55 applications to receive this historic investment.
57% : Selectees will work with EPA over the coming months to finalize project plans before receiving final awards and moving into the implementation phase.
55% : In February 2024, EPA announced two separate funding opportunities for U.S. ports - a Zero-Emission Technology Deployment Competition to directly fund zero-emission equipment and infrastructure to reduce mobile source emissions and a Climate and Air Quality Planning Competition to fund climate and air quality planning activities.
50% : EPA's Clean Ports Program to fund 55 zero-emission port equipment, infrastructure, and planning projects across the nation to tackle climate change, reduce air pollution, promote good jobs, and advance environmental justicePHILADELPHIA -- Today, Oct. 29, as part of the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the Maryland Port Administration and Maryland Department of Transportation have been selected to receive more than $147 million through EPA's Clean Ports Program for the deployment of zero-emission port equipment and infrastructure, and climate and air quality planning.

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