E.P.A. awards Cincinnati $500,000 to reduce greenhouse gases
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Category: AirType: News
Source: EPA
Date: Friday, March 5th, 2010
No. 10-OPA024
CHICAGO (March 5, 2010) - E.P.A. has chosen Cincinnati to gain a $500,000 federal grant as one of 20 Climate Showcase Communities nationwide. The funds will help the city promote its project to reduce greenhouse gases to people and businesses in greater Cincinnati through advertisements, promotions and development of a climate protection toolkit for use in local schools.
"This is a tremendous achievement for our city," said Mayor Mark Mallory. "Our Green Cincinnati Action Project is a collaboration among dedicated citizens, community organizations and businesses in our region. Our partners all realize that making Cincinnati a 'Green City' is essential to making Cincinnati a successful city in the future."
"The Green Cincinnati Project is an innovative strategy to reduce greenhouse gases and cut energy bills for families and businesses," said Cheryl Newton, E.P.A. regional air division director. "Taking action on climate change is one of EPA's top priorities. E.P.A. is pleased to support the city's efforts to fight climate change."
The Cincinnati Energy Alliance will provide energy audits for 20 selected nonprofit organizations and create a loan plan to finance the organizations' energy efficiency improvements.
Cincinnati will contribute $250,000 in matching funds and has committed to sharing lessons leaned with other communities.
The plan is expected to reduce Cincinnati's greenhouse gas emissions by two percent each year for 3 years. CEA's energy audits are expected to lead to about $470,000 in investments in energy efficiency measures, saving one million kilowatts of electricity and 25,000 therms of gas.
The Climate Showcase Communities Grant Plan is administered by EPA's State and Local Climate and Energy Plan that provides technical assistance, tools and guidance to help state, local and tribal governments implement policies and programs to mitigate climate change.
A list of the 20 Climate Change Showcase Communities and profiles of each recipient is accessible at:
http://www.epa.gov/statelocalclimate/local/showcase.
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