Updates on the home energy rebate program roll out with a win for Wisconsin! and other helpful links for rebates, GRRF, and more!
6/28/24 – Home Energy Rebates, Green and Resilient Retrofit Programs and a visit from the UK!
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6/21/24 – Updates on ETIPP, special opp on RACER grant, solar webinars and more
Special guests from IFF, a Midwest CDFI supporting nonprofits to shape more equitable and vibrant communities through community-centered lending, development, and real estate consulting.
6/14/24 – CDFIs and Green Funding with IFF
Special guests from IFF, a Midwest CDFI supporting nonprofits to shape more equitable and vibrant communities through community-centered lending, development, and real estate consulting.
6/7/24 – Region 5 EPA engagement; Community Change grants
Special updates on Community Change grants, upcoming webinars on environmental justice, and more!
5/31/24 – Reg. 7 TC-TAC, Clean School Buses, & Charging and Fueling Infrastructure
SPECIAL GUEST: Jeff Severin – Sr. Program Manager for the Heartland EJ Center – Region 7 TC-TAC (KS, NE, MO, IA and adjoining Indigenous nations) SPECIAL GUEST: Susan Mudd – Attorney and senior policy advocate for Environmental Law & Policy Center Bonus: Drive Clean Indiana organizes the Indiana Clean School Bus Consortium and supports school […]
5/24/24 – Mapping clean energy projects, Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, & Other Resources
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF), Green and Resilient Retrofit Program (GRRP), plus resources from Hua Nani Partners and Environmental Protection Network (EPN)
Indianapolis to Host 2024 Midwest Climate Summit at IUPUI
Award-winning activist and author Leah Thomas, founder of Intersectional Environmentalist, will provide the keynote address April 1, 2024 INDIANAPOLIS — The 2024 Midwest Climate Summit is a two-and-a-half day, cross-sector gathering of climate leaders, researchers, students, and professionals focused on expanding knowledge as well as accelerating climate action and catalyzing new partnerships for an equitable Midwestern response to […]
Chicago Region Trees Initiative Opens Applications for Urban Forestry IRA Sub-Grants
—Illinois government entities can apply now— LISLE, Ill. (Dec. 6, 2023)—The Morton Arboretum’s Chicago Region Trees Initiative (CRTI) is accepting applications now through early 2024 for competitive sub-grants totaling $6.86 million for government entities in disadvantaged Illinois communities to improve their urban tree canopy. The sub-grants are provided through Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) funding to […]
Leah Thomas to open 2024 Midwest Climate Summit
We are excited to announce that Leah Thomas, founder of the Intersectional Environmentalist and author of The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet will open the 2024 Midwest Climate Summit in Indianapolis on Wednesday, April 3 as our keynote speaker. Leah Thomas is a celebrated environmentalist based in […]
Analysis of urban heat islands identifies neighborhoods that expose 41 million residents to significantly higher temperatures
Climate Central’s analysis of urban heat islands highlights eight of our Midwestern cities, where over ten million people experience temperatures elevated by at least eight degrees, and up to twelve degrees in Chicago. Northwestern University’s Prof. Horton shares what Chicago is doing about it.
Midwest Climate Summit brings together diverse groups for a cleaner future (Links to an external site)
When I visit my family in Illinois, I’m greeted by my “favorite” discussion: “You heard about those activists, right? They keep trying to push that nonsense about climate change, but science shows we’re just on the verge of another Ice Age. It’s just a weather pattern, nothing more.”
In the Midwest, I’ve spent many afternoons trying to convince my grandparents and some community members that carbon emissions are a real, serious concern.
Thankfully, attending the first in-person Midwest Climate Summit hosted by the Midwest Climate Collaborative at Washington University in St. Louis reaffirmed that there are, in fact, community and industry leaders in the Midwest who are passionate about climate action, contrary to the above-average Midwestern climate-denying tendencies.
US EPA Deputy Administrator Janet McCabe to join Midwest Climate Summit
Deputy Administrator McCabe has an extensive background in clean air, environmental health, and climate justice. She served with the EPA under President Obama for seven years, working as Acting Assistant Administrator and Principal Deputy to the Assistant Administrator in the Office of Air and Radiation. Prior to rejoining EPA, Janet McCabe was a Professor of Practice at the Indiana University McKinney School of Law and Director of the IU Environmental Resilience Institute, where she started as Assistant Director for Policy and Implementation in 2017. She will be addressing how Midwestern communities can equitably build resiliency and mitigate climate change, including opportunities presented through federal funding and programs.
Dr. Washington to speak at Midwest Climate Summit
Dr. Washington will address the Midwest Climate Summit in February 2023. She is a highly accomplished and successful environmental epidemiologist, environmental engineer, and environmental historian with over 40 years of research and field experience working on the impact of fossil fuel-generated pollution on human health and ecosystems using qualitative and quantitative analyses.
MCC Awarded First Federal Grant to Address Urban Heat with Trees (Links to an external site)
The Midwest Climate Collaborative (MCC) was recently awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) CIVIC grant to explore solutions to mitigate heat island effects through a collaborative effort of four Midwestern cities. This grant aims to design community-based solutions by working with stakeholders and applying existing research and data for equitable expansion of the tree canopy.
Climate of Opportunity (Links to an external site)
Washington University takes a leadership role in the Midwest Climate Collaborative to help address specific climate challenges in the 12-state region.