To mark Climate Week, at the end of September, New Jersey announced the launch of the Department of Environmental Protection’s Ready to Be Resilient Stormwater and Resilience Funding Program to modernize stormwater infrastructure and management strategies in the face of increased precipitation resulting from a warming climate. The program is funded by $20 million from the Biden-Harris administration’s American Rescue Plan.

The program will provide $9 million for a variety of resilience-related efforts, including grants to incentivize…