EPA Announces More Than $95 Million in Clean Ports Investments to Illinois Environmental Protection Agency as Part of the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America Agenda

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : After a thorough and rigorous grant application review process, EPA selected 55 applications in total to receive this historic investment.
61% : EPA ensured that near-port community engagement and equity considerations were at the forefront of the Clean Ports Program's design, including by evaluating applications on the extent and quality of their projects' community engagement efforts.
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.
52% : "Today's announcement, made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act, will help ensure that Illinois ports have the resources they need to increase operations and improve their infrastructure, as well as reduce carbon emissions into surrounding communities.
50% : EPA's Clean Ports Program to fund zero-emission port equipment, infrastructure, and planning projects across the nation to tackle climate change, reduce air pollution, promote good jobs, and advance environmental justiceToday, October 29, as part of the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has been selected to receive two grants totaling $95,056,006 through EPA's Clean Ports Program to support the deployment of battery-electric drayage trucks and sustainable cargo handling equipment as well as the development of a greenhouse gas emissions inventory.

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