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Hillary Clinton Jail Cell
Jul 27, 2022, 4:40:02 PM7/27/22
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In article <rutdg4$rdp$3...@neodome.net>
<governo...@gmail.com> wrote:
One nonprofit received grant to use 'storytelling,' 'tree walks'
to increase awareness surrounding 'inequitable tree canopy cover'
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is accepting new
applications for grants funded by President Biden’s $1.9
trillion COVID-19 relief package passed in 2021, but last year’s
awards funded some projects that had virtually little to do with
addressing the impact of the pandemic.
The EPA’s Environmental Justice Small Grants Program recently
announced it is using $1.6 million of American Rescue Plan funds
to award grants to "federally recognized tribal governments to
establish or modify public participation programs where fair
treatment and meaningful participation priorities have been
impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic."
Approximately 16 to 20 grants of up to $100,000 will be awarded
for each project, the EPA announced March 21.
Last year under the same program, 99 organizations nationwide
were selected to receive awards totaling approximately $7.4
million in grant funding, which included $5.25 million allocated
from the American Rescue Plan and $2.15 million from what the
EPA describes as its "baseline [Environmental Justice]
appropriation." Those grants were for up to $75,000 for each
project that addressed "health outcome disparities from
pollution and the COVID–19 pandemic," the EPA said at the time.
A review of the 2021 awards, however, shows that the program
funded grants for some projects that had virtually little to do
with addressing COVID-19 or the effects of the pandemic.
Unlike this year, the 2021 awards were not designated
specifically for "federally recognized tribal governments" and
the majority was awarded to groups it defined as "small
nonprofit organizations."
One of the nonprofits that received a grant was the
Massachusetts-based organization Speak for the Trees for a
project utilizing "storytelling" and "tree walks," among other
techniques, aimed to "increase awareness and dialogue
surrounding inequitable tree canopy cover and its implications
on the health of residents living in [environmental justice]
communities."
The New Orleans-based Teaching Responsible Earth Education, or
T.R.E.E., received a grant to "establish an empowering, school
curriculum-integrated environmental education program for
younger students propelling their awareness of problems like
climate change and the injustices they create."
Some of the grants went to projects promoting "green
infrastructure" like electric vehicle charging stations.
Clean Air Carolina, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, received
a grant for a project to install a public Level 2 EV charging
station and to create an educational video as a way for
"community members to get involved to mitigate air pollution."
Roanoke Economic Development Inc, based in Rich Square, North
Carolina, received a grant to "address air pollution and climate
change through the development of a regional electric vehicle
charger installation plan to promote EV use and accessibility by
minority and low-income populations."
An EPA spokesperson said in a statement provided to Fox News
Digital that the American Rescue Plan funds provided for the
program "allows communities to implement solutions that can
improve conditions related to COVID-19 such as air quality
issues."
"These projects all went through a rigorous scoring and approval
process to ensure project activities and goals align with our
statutory authorities and the language and intent of ARP," the
spokesperson said.
The spokesperson said the 2022 call for grant applications from
federally recognized tribes "is utilizing the EJ Small Grants
Program to efficiently facilitate distribution of funds to
federally recognized tribal governments in line with the ARP
statutory requirements, but does not affect any past or upcoming
funding opportunities for the program."
The new call for applications, which ends May 20, comes as the
American Rescue Plan faces intensifying scrutiny for its effect
on the U.S. economy. Inflation hit 8.5% in March, and some
economists, including former Obama administration economic
advisers, have blamed the $1.9 COVID-19 relief package for
overheating the economy.
"I’m not surprised in the slightest the Biden administration is
using pandemic relief funds to foot the bill for ridiculous
initiatives like environmental justice, telling people not to
eat fish, or other Green New Deal initiatives," Rep. Ralph
Norman, R-S.C., who sits on the House Committee on Oversight and
Reform, told Fox News Digital. "They have no respect for
taxpayers dollars and have made a mockery of addressing climate
change with their woke agenda."
Daren Bakst, an energy expert at the Heritage Foundation,
slammed the Biden administration for using taxpayer money to
fund environmental "extremism."
"COVID-19 relief money shouldn’t be some cover for the Biden
administration to use taxpayer dollars to fund its far-left
agenda and to indoctrinate people in environmental extremism,"
Bakst told Fox News Digital. "But that appears to be happening
at the EPA. Taking community tree walks, teaching people how to
prevent future marine debris, and similar funded projects have
nothing to do with the pandemic."
"Americans are being crushed by inflation rates not seen in over
40 years, thanks in large part to out-of-control federal
spending," he added. "If the Biden administration is genuinely
concerned about low-income communities, it would stop its
excessive spending, war on energy, and general regulatory
avalanche that is hitting Americans hard — especially low-income
communities — through skyrocketing prices."
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/epa-covid-19-relief-funds-
grants-green-infrastructure-environmental-justice
<governo...@gmail.com> wrote:
One nonprofit received grant to use 'storytelling,' 'tree walks'
to increase awareness surrounding 'inequitable tree canopy cover'
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is accepting new
applications for grants funded by President Biden’s $1.9
trillion COVID-19 relief package passed in 2021, but last year’s
awards funded some projects that had virtually little to do with
addressing the impact of the pandemic.
The EPA’s Environmental Justice Small Grants Program recently
announced it is using $1.6 million of American Rescue Plan funds
to award grants to "federally recognized tribal governments to
establish or modify public participation programs where fair
treatment and meaningful participation priorities have been
impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic."
Approximately 16 to 20 grants of up to $100,000 will be awarded
for each project, the EPA announced March 21.
Last year under the same program, 99 organizations nationwide
were selected to receive awards totaling approximately $7.4
million in grant funding, which included $5.25 million allocated
from the American Rescue Plan and $2.15 million from what the
EPA describes as its "baseline [Environmental Justice]
appropriation." Those grants were for up to $75,000 for each
project that addressed "health outcome disparities from
pollution and the COVID–19 pandemic," the EPA said at the time.
A review of the 2021 awards, however, shows that the program
funded grants for some projects that had virtually little to do
with addressing COVID-19 or the effects of the pandemic.
Unlike this year, the 2021 awards were not designated
specifically for "federally recognized tribal governments" and
the majority was awarded to groups it defined as "small
nonprofit organizations."
One of the nonprofits that received a grant was the
Massachusetts-based organization Speak for the Trees for a
project utilizing "storytelling" and "tree walks," among other
techniques, aimed to "increase awareness and dialogue
surrounding inequitable tree canopy cover and its implications
on the health of residents living in [environmental justice]
communities."
The New Orleans-based Teaching Responsible Earth Education, or
T.R.E.E., received a grant to "establish an empowering, school
curriculum-integrated environmental education program for
younger students propelling their awareness of problems like
climate change and the injustices they create."
Some of the grants went to projects promoting "green
infrastructure" like electric vehicle charging stations.
Clean Air Carolina, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, received
a grant for a project to install a public Level 2 EV charging
station and to create an educational video as a way for
"community members to get involved to mitigate air pollution."
Roanoke Economic Development Inc, based in Rich Square, North
Carolina, received a grant to "address air pollution and climate
change through the development of a regional electric vehicle
charger installation plan to promote EV use and accessibility by
minority and low-income populations."
An EPA spokesperson said in a statement provided to Fox News
Digital that the American Rescue Plan funds provided for the
program "allows communities to implement solutions that can
improve conditions related to COVID-19 such as air quality
issues."
"These projects all went through a rigorous scoring and approval
process to ensure project activities and goals align with our
statutory authorities and the language and intent of ARP," the
spokesperson said.
The spokesperson said the 2022 call for grant applications from
federally recognized tribes "is utilizing the EJ Small Grants
Program to efficiently facilitate distribution of funds to
federally recognized tribal governments in line with the ARP
statutory requirements, but does not affect any past or upcoming
funding opportunities for the program."
The new call for applications, which ends May 20, comes as the
American Rescue Plan faces intensifying scrutiny for its effect
on the U.S. economy. Inflation hit 8.5% in March, and some
economists, including former Obama administration economic
advisers, have blamed the $1.9 COVID-19 relief package for
overheating the economy.
"I’m not surprised in the slightest the Biden administration is
using pandemic relief funds to foot the bill for ridiculous
initiatives like environmental justice, telling people not to
eat fish, or other Green New Deal initiatives," Rep. Ralph
Norman, R-S.C., who sits on the House Committee on Oversight and
Reform, told Fox News Digital. "They have no respect for
taxpayers dollars and have made a mockery of addressing climate
change with their woke agenda."
Daren Bakst, an energy expert at the Heritage Foundation,
slammed the Biden administration for using taxpayer money to
fund environmental "extremism."
"COVID-19 relief money shouldn’t be some cover for the Biden
administration to use taxpayer dollars to fund its far-left
agenda and to indoctrinate people in environmental extremism,"
Bakst told Fox News Digital. "But that appears to be happening
at the EPA. Taking community tree walks, teaching people how to
prevent future marine debris, and similar funded projects have
nothing to do with the pandemic."
"Americans are being crushed by inflation rates not seen in over
40 years, thanks in large part to out-of-control federal
spending," he added. "If the Biden administration is genuinely
concerned about low-income communities, it would stop its
excessive spending, war on energy, and general regulatory
avalanche that is hitting Americans hard — especially low-income
communities — through skyrocketing prices."
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/epa-covid-19-relief-funds-
grants-green-infrastructure-environmental-justice
BeamMeUpScotty
Jul 28, 2022, 11:43:28 AM7/28/22
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*PRISON TIME FOR DEMOCRATS*
--
-That's karma-
The result is DEMOCRATS lies about history and reality to themselves and
others means their attempts to figure-out what's wrong is an exercise in
futility, because what they think they know they really don't know, and
fixing problems without the truth... becomes a fools errand.
Robert Gowan
Jul 28, 2022, 11:46:03 AM7/28/22
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On 7/28/2022 8:43 AM, #ReamMeUpTheAssSnotty, brain-damaged fucktard who rode his
scooter into a tree while not wearing a helmet, stupidly bawled and lied:
> On 7/27/22 4:39 PM, Hillary Clinton Jail Cell wrote:
>> [...]
>
> All my ancestors were Democrats, and I was one until age 30. That means I'm a cunt.
No need to be so hard on yourself.
scooter into a tree while not wearing a helmet, stupidly bawled and lied:
> On 7/27/22 4:39 PM, Hillary Clinton Jail Cell wrote:
>
> All my ancestors were Democrats, and I was one until age 30. That means I'm a cunt.
No need to be so hard on yourself.
Klaus Schadenfreude
Jul 28, 2022, 11:58:34 AM7/28/22
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On Thu, 28 Jul 2022 08:46:01 -0700, Rudy the incel dwarf typed:
> All my ancestors were Democrats, and I was one until age 30. That means I'm a cunt.
Nah, there are LOTS of other reasons you're a cunt, Rudolph!
LOL
> All my ancestors were Democrats, and I was one until age 30. That means I'm a cunt.
LOL
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