The Cost of Cuts to EPA’s Environmental Justice Grants highlights the benefits of environmental justice grants the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded under the Inflation Reduction Act and other Congressional Appropriations that the EPA Administrator intends to cancel or has already canceled or revoked. It highlights the wide-ranging and fundamental efforts that environmental justice as a practice entails—from upgrading aging sewer lines to workforce development training, K-12 STEM education, and wildfire resilience. As the Center for American Progress puts it, “Denying states, cities, and communities across the country funds to implement projects that reduce pollution and energy costs and protect them from more extreme weather puts Americans’ health and jobs at risk while driving up household energy bills.”
We collate the grants into a map interface and place each grantee or project in geographic space. Then we overlay Census data, Congressional district data, and estimated economic benefit to aid in analysis of the economic impact of cutting and clawing back the awards. The map is updated periodically when additional information becomes available. As of publication date we believe it encompasses nearly all of the vulnerable grants.
The Cost of Cuts to EPA’s Environmental Justice GrantsAuthor(s): Christopher Cane, Eric Nost, Manuel Salgado, Naomi Yoder, and EDGI
Publication Date: September 11, 2025
Preferred Citation: “The Cost of Cuts to EPA’s Environmental Justice Grants,” (Environmental Data & Governance Initiative, September 11, 2025)
CONTACT: Report authors are available for interview. To set up media interviews or for other inquiries, please contact Shannan Lenke Stoll at shannanlenke.stoll@envirodatagov.org.