Biden's new environmental justice office will oversee $3 billion in grants to polluted communities

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Biden's new environmental justice office will oversee $3 billion in grants to polluted communities

The EPA office will oversee the delivery of a $3 billion climate and environmental justice block grant program created by the Inflation Reduction Act.

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