Top Grants for Environmental Protection

Environmental protection gained an audience in the early 1900s with President Theodore Roosevelt’s conservation efforts and the creation of National parks and preserves. Environmental protection philosophies have grown in popularity and urgency with the introduction to the public of environmental issues such as global warming and the extinction of certain species. The Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, is the main source of grants for environmental protection.

Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE)

This grant is offered to community partnerships that want to develop solutions to lower the release of toxic pollutants into the environment and decrease the public’s exposure to them. Businesses, schools, local governments and non-profits are encouraged to create sustainable partnerships that would continue to work towards a healthier and cleaner environment.

Pollution Prevention Grant (P2)

The EPA offers this grant to states, tribes, territories and agencies of the state so that they may identify ways and means for industries and businesses to better comply with environmental regulations. The grant will match funds already available, so the grant applicant should already have funds in place.

National Clean Diesel Campaign

This grant is for businesses, agencies, and governments on the state and national level. The grant is used to fund programs that lower emissions from diesel engines. The grant was reauthorized to continue up to 2016, but Congress will need to appropriate approved funding.

Water Pollution Control Grant

Authorized by the Clean Water Act, this grant is given to states and interstate agencies to fund programs that reduce and control water pollution.

Brownfield Grants

An area of land that has been designated a brownfield is one that has excessive levels of pollution in the soil and groundwater, usually from a facility that dumped chemicals on the site before such activity was illegal. A brownfield designation reduces the uses the land can be put to, as the levels of pollution are hazardous to humans, flora and wildlife. Brownfield grants give financial assistance in assessing and cleaning up land tracts designated as brownfields; assistance for training in brownfield clean-up is also given through this grant.