City of Austin Accepts $1 Million Climate Pollution Reduction Grant from EPA - The Texan
City of Austin Accepts $1 Million Climate Pollution Reduction Grant from EPA | Energy | The Texan
The City of Austin has accepted a $1 million grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in order to extend the city’s “climate planning and action beyond Austin’s borders.”
“The grant funds are being used to fund a regional climate planning effort, building off of Austin’s Climate Equity Plan, including hiring staff to help get it done,” Austin’s Office of Sustainability told The Texan.
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Climate change is now a driver of the world’s economy. The impact is profound:
- Catastrophic weather events — hurricanes, floods, droughts, high temperatures — are more frequent and more extreme. The cost can be measured in both the initial damage caused and the longer-term impact on the economy.
- Vulnerable communities are increasing climate-related investments, hardening infrastructure and taking other protective measures.
- Investment in carbon capture and storage technologies is increasingly rapidly.
- Governments are making investments and crafting regulations to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
On top of all of this is the cost of uncertainty. As the Fourth National Climate Assessment, released in 2018 by the U.S. Global Change Research Program, says, “The assumption that current and future climate conditions will resemble the recent past is no longer valid.”