SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AWARDED $500M FOR CARBON EMISSION REDUCTION EFFORTS
A Southern California agency responsible for regulating air pollution will receive a grant to amplify its efforts of reducing the region’s carbon emissions, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday. The South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) will receive a “Climate Pollution Reduction Grant” of around $500 million to be implemented in local projects.
The agency, which controls air pollution for Orange County and the urban portions of Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties, plans to use the grant to decrease Southern California’s carbon emissions by investing in electric transportation for the movement of goods. Transportation is currently the largest source of carbon emissions in the region, with over 160 million metric tons of carbon emitted annually.
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