EPA Awards $160 Million to Tackle Climate Impacts of Construction Materials

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has pledged millions of dollars in grants for businesses, universities, and nonprofit organizations across the country as part of what it says are efforts to reduce climate pollution arising from the manufacturing of construction materials.

The EPA estimates construction materials used in buildings and other infrastructure account for more than 15 percent of annual global greenhouse gas emissions.

The grants, which total nearly $160 million, will be awarded to 38 recipients across the country, the EPA said in a July 16 press release.

Funding is being allocated from President Joe Biden’s 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, which the EPA said is the “largest climate investment in history.”

The grants range from $250,000 to $10 million and will help businesses develop “robust, high-quality environmental product declarations (EPDs),” which the EPA said helps quantify environmental information about the life cycle of a product.

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