TCS Databases

A Taxpayers for Common Sense Project

Category: IRA

  • Methane Emissions Reduction Program (MERP): Incentives for Methane Mitigation from Conventional Wells

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    Agency: Environmental Protection Agency – Office of Air   Description: For grants, rebates, contracts, loans, and other activities to reduce methane emissions from at marginal conventional wells, including deploying new technology, plugging wells, and improving community climate resiliency. Marginal wells are defined as onshore conventional wells producing less than or equal to 15 barrels of…

  • Low-Embodied Carbon Labeling for Construction Materials

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    Agency: Environmental Protection Agency   Description: To develop and implement a program to identify and label construction materials and products that have substantially lower levels of embodied greenhouse gas emissions. Bill Section: 60116 US Code: 42 USC 4321 New or Existing: New Potential Cost:      $100,000,000 Timeline:      FY22-26    

  • Neighborhood Access and Equity Grant Program

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    Agency: Department of Transportation   Description: $1.893 billion for competitive grants “to improve walkability, safety, and affordable transportation access” through construction and other projects, mitigate or remediate negative impacts from surface transportation facilities, and planning and capacity building activities, the latter two in disadvantaged or underserved communities. An additional $1.262 billion for the same activities…

  • Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicle Program

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    Agency: Environmental Protection Agency – Office of Air   Description: Program covers up to 100 percent of costs for (1) incremental cost of replacing an existing heavy-duty vehicle with a zero-emission vehicle; (2) purchasing and operating associated infrastructure; (3) workforce development and training; (4) planning and technical activities. Bill Section: 60101 US Code: 42 USC…

  • Environmental and Climate Justice Block Grants

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    Agency: Environmental Protection Agency   Description: To provide grants and technical assistance to nonprofit organizations for air and other pollution-related efforts, investments in low- and zero-emission technologies (among others), mitigating climate and health risks, climate resilience and adaptation, reducing indoor toxics and air pollution, or facilitating engagement of disadvantaged communities. Bill Section: 60201 US Code:…

  • Clean Ports Program

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    Agency: Environmental Protection Agency – Office of Air   Description: Rebates and grants for zero-emission port equipment or technology, related planning and permitting, qualified climate action plans, etc. $750 million of the total is for areas not in attainment with air pollution requirements. Bill Section: 60102 US Code: 42 USC 7433 New or Existing: New…

  • Environmental Product Declaration Assistance

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    Agency: Environmental Protection Agency   Description: Grants, technical assistance, and other activities to support the development and standardization of environmental product declarations, including measurements of the embodied greenhouse gas emissions of construction materials and products. Bill Section: 60112 US Code: 42 USC 4321 New or Existing: New Potential Cost:      $250,000,000 Timeline:      FY22-31  …

  • Climate Pollution Reduction Grants

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    Agency: Environmental Protection Agency – Office of Air   Description: $4.75 billion for Greenhouse Gas Air Pollution Implementation Grants, a competitive grant program for state, local, and tribal governments and air pollution control agencies to achieve greenhouse gas air pollution reduction. Applicants must submit information on “the quantifiability, specificity, additionality, permanence, and verifiability of such…

  • Greenhouse Gas Corporate Reporting

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    Agency: Environmental Protection Agency   Description: To provide funding for EPA to improve standardization and transparency of corporate climate action commitments and plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; to support corporate progress toward meeting such commitments and implementing such plans; and to enhance transparency regarding corporate progress. Bill Section: 60111 New or Existing: New Potential…

  • Diesel Emissions Reductions (DERA) Program

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    Agency: Environmental Protection Agency – Office of Air   Description: For grants, rebates, and loans to identify and reduce diesel emissions resulting from goods movement facilities, and vehicles servicing goods movement facilities, in low-income and disadvantaged communities to address the health impacts of such emissions on such communities. Bill Section: 60104 US Code: 42 USC…