CARB Environmental Justice Blog

  Funding EPA Air Quality Monitoring Grant for Communities Funds shall support community and local efforts to monitor their own air quality and to promote air quality monitoring partnerships between communities and tribal, state, and local governments. Informational Webinar Date : Tuesday, January 11, 2022 Time : 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM PST Link to Join : https://usepa.zoomgov.com/j/1613283271 Or join by phone: 1-669-254-5252 (San Jose) or 1-646-828-7666 (NY); meeting ID: 161 328 3271   Closing Date: February 25, 2022   To view the full announcement and access the Request for Application document, visit: https://www.epa.gov/grants/enhanced-air-quality-monitoring-communities NOAA Urban Heat Island Initiative The 2022 Urban Heat Island mapping campaigns involve community members and scientists mapping the hottest areas of their communities to learn where action is needed t...

Gilbert Rosas, Energy Specialist at Stockton Unified School District is championing green advocacy work through quick adoption of electric school buses. Their bus fleet acts as a model for other school districts and opens the students’ eyes to environmentally-friendly careers. “Not only do I understand the demographic of Stockton Unified, but I look like the demographic,” Rosas said. “I think it's important for kids to realize that we have cool green career path choices, and they have the ability to be anything they want to be.” See full story and videos on Gilbert's work:  https://www.planetforward.org/environmental-education-green-advocacy https://medillonthehill.medill.northwestern.edu/2021/12/students-lead-in-green-advocacy-with-environmental-education/ Battery electric buses - First field trip to the Port of Stockton:  https://www.stocktonusd.net/Page/11087

  Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of $20 million in competitive grants through the American Rescue Plan (ARP) to enhance ambient air quality monitoring in communities across the United States, especially in underserved and overburdened communities that often lack access to adequate air quality information. EPA will award funds to support community and local efforts to monitor air quality and to promote air quality monitoring partnerships between communities and Tribal, state, and local governments.  Community-based nonprofit organizations, Tribes, states, and local governments may apply for the grants.    “In my travel across the country, from Newark to Flint to the deep south, community members have told me how important air quality monitoring is to protecting their health. Through the American Rescue Plan, Congress and the President entrusted EPA with critical funding to help those who are hurting,” said EPA...