Environmental Justice Grant Information
- The Office of Environmental Justice initiated the first solicitation for the Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Cooperative Agreement Program in 2003. This is the second solicitation for applications under the EJ CPS Program.
Find out more about the EJ CPS program.
- The focus of the 2006 Environmental Justice Small Grants Program is collaborative partnerships. Each applicant must demonstrate collaboration between local community-based organizations and others (e.g., industry, government, academia, etc.) to realize their project goals and objectives.
Find out more about the EJ Small Grants program, including application guidance and profiles of past projects.
The EJ Grants Program was established in 1994 and designed to provide funding assistance to community based, non-profit grassroots organizations to work on EJ projects. The EJ Program administers the EJ Small Grants program, which awards up to $25,000. These are highly competitive grants and have specific goals identified in the solicitations for applications.
If you have any questions, contact Nancy Reish at reish.nancy@epa.gov or 1-800-227-8917 ext. 6040 or 303-312-6040.
EJ Small Grant 2007 Awards
Organization: The Endocrine Disruption Exchange, Inc. (Paonia, CO)
Project Description: The identified issue is the resident's exposure to increased levels of air pollution associated with the use and release of many volatile chemicals in rapidly expanding gas fields in an area called the "gas patch". The goal of the project is to empower and educate the individuals and grassroots groups living in the impacted regions to demand full disclosure of all chemicals used and released during drilling, fracturing, completion, and delivery of the gas and a comprehensive water and air monitoring program based on the results of the disclosure. The ultimate goal is to ensure safe water and clean air.
Dr. Theo Colborn, founder of the Endocrine Disruption Exchange, was chosen to receive the prestigious 2008 Göteborg Award. The award was founded in 1999 by the Swedish city of Göteborg and several interested companies. Its purpose is to "stimulate and encourage strategic work for national and international sustainable development".
Dr. Colborn has worked tirelessly over the past 20 years to bring the science of endocrine disruption to the forefront of public health policy in the United States and abroad. This is the ninth Göteborg Award and the prize sum is one million Swedish crowns. The award is shared by Dr. Colborn, European Commission Vice President Margot Wallström, environmental engineer Jan Ahlbom and toxicologist Ulf Duus. Former Vice President Al Gore was the 2007 recipient of this award.
Visit the Goteberg Award Web site for more information.
Organization: Plateau Restoration, Inc. (Moab, UT)
Project Description: The project is to address immediate threats of herbicide contamination in drinking water for residents of Castle Valley, Utah. It will reduce the need for herbicides by investigating and employing alternative methods of removal of Diffuse Knapweed and other noxious weeds and by educating residents of threats to water quality from herbicides. It will develop a Castle Valley weed management plan and coordinate a Weed Board consisting of landowners, Bureau of Land Management, US Forest Service, and State land managers and Grand County Weed Department to ensure long-term protection of the aquifer from herbicides. This group will educate residents about these issues through public workshops that include presentations by regional experts in herbicides and health effects.
