From The Virginian-Pilot:
The city of Norfolk has secured its first federal grant to help offset the cost of building a 20-plus acre park in the St. Paul’s neighborhood that will double as a flooding mitigation tool.
From NBC 10 Boston:
It’s been nearly two months since Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, signed an executive order banning fossil fuels from city buildings by the year 2050, and work toward those goals is well underway.
The Boston Housing Authority holds one of the city's largest shares of the city’s greenhouse gas emissions. The BHA’s fossil fuel-free target is even more aggressive — it hopes to be carbon-free by 2030.
From the Municipal Housing Authority of the City of Yonkers' press release:
The Yonkers Housing Authority was visited by Alexis Pelosi, Senior Advisor for Climate, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, who toured several housing authority sites on September 19 including the new La Mora Senior Housing now under construction.
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PHAs Should Contact Their States’ Lead CPRG Planning Grant Recipients to Apply
From the Chicago Housing Authority's (CHA) press release:
CHA has joined the U.S. Department of Energy’s Better Climate Challenge, committing to a 50 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and 15 percent energy use reduction over the next 10 years.
From the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's press release: