Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG)

Overview:

The U.S. EPA’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) program provides funding to states, local governments, tribes, and territories to develop and implement plans that reduce greenhouse gases and associated criteria and toxic air pollution, create green jobs to support a low carbon economy and provide tangible benefits to communities impacted by environmental injustice. The CPRG program is a two-phased grant program that provides funding for planning grants and implementation grants. Planning funds can be used to update existing climate, energy, or sustainability plans or to develop new plans. The Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District (Sac Metro Air District) is leading the climate planning process for the Sacramento region – El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo, and Yuba.

The Sac Metro Air District and the CPRG steering committee are creating a new regional climate action plan that draws from the policies, greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction measures, and quantification methodologies for existing climate action plans, sustainability plans, greenhouse gas reduction plans, and energy plans in the Sacramento region to make a Comprehensive Climate Action Plan (CCAP). The CCAP acts as a pathway for the long-term implementation of priorities established under the Capital Region Climate Priorities Plan to further advance climate action in the Sacramento region.

What is Valley Vision’s role?

Valley Vision is the lead for the “Community & Stakeholder Engagement” component of the larger CCAP, and is supported by AECOM. Our role is to identify inclusive engagement strategies to understand community preferences and priorities around GHG strategy implementation, specifically for Low-Income Disadvantaged Communities.

Visit the Sac Meto Air Districts project page for more information about the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants Program. Please reach out to Grace.Kaufman@valleyvision.org with any questions.