EPA gifts $1M award to help build a Bronx-wide climate justice task force
The initiative will also help residents learn the skills they need to be ready for climate change, flooding, blackouts and the urban heat island effect.
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8h agoA historic $1 million award from the Environmental Protection Agency was announced Thursday. News 12 was told that over the next three years, projects will be implemented that will use nature-based solutions to build climate resiliency in our community.
EPA's Regional Administrator Lisa F. Garcia was seen with Bronx River Alliance Executive Director Siddhartha Sánchez and youth ministries for peace and justice to highlight the huge impact of this funding, which will establish a Bronx climate justice task force.
The initiative will also help residents learn the skills they need to be ready for climate change, flooding, blackouts and the urban heat island effect.
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