Earlier this month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the availability of the first funds – for states, local governments, Tribes and territories – from the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program created by President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act. As part of this program, the EPA will award $3 million to New Jersey to plan innovative strategies to cut climate pollution and build clean energy economies across the state.

And, later this year, EPA will launch a competition for $4.6 billion in funding to implement various projects and…