The reduction of greenhouse gas emissions is the goal of an Indiana University and Hoosier government partnership that also aims to help communities measure and manage the gases that contribute to climate change.Â
Nine Hoosier communities and IU have teamed up to carry out such projects this year. This is the third phase of a program started by IUâs Environmental Resilience Institute.
âThis program is important because it gives local government resources at a low cost, and training and the staff capacity through our partnership with Sustain IU,â explained Andrea Webster, who serves as ERIâs implementation manager. âWe give them all these things, so they can do climate work, prepare for climate change and reduce emissions.â
Jefferson Trust to award nearly $1M in grants
Grants WVIR By Daniel Grimes | February 9, 2021 at 4:13 PM EST - Updated February 9 at 6:18 PM
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - The Jefferson Trust, a nonprofit that is part of the University of Virginia Alumni Association, is giving nearly $1 million in grants this year that will benefit UVA and the greater-Charlottesville area.
The Jefferson Trust has already given over $9.6 million in grants since it started in 2005.
Now, 15 programs that range from a camp for young scientists to an initiative aimed at anti-racist pedagogy for teachers, will benefit this year.
The UVA Brain Camp will receive nearly $50,000. The camp gives young people from minority or financially disadvantaged backgrounds a hands-on educational experience in neuroscience.
Zionsville is one of nine local governments in Indiana that will undertake projects to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. (Chris Light/Wikimedia Commons)
Nine cities in Indiana will work on projects to reduce their impact on the planet: Bloomington, Carmel, Elkhart, Fort Wayne, Gary, Goshen, Richmond, West Lafayette and Zionsville. They’re taking the next step after completing their greenhouse gas inventories.
During the first years of the program in 2019 and 2020, 17 municipalities partnered with Indiana University’s Environmental Resilience Institute to find out which sectors emit the most gases that contribute to climate change and try to make them greener. Some also made climate action plans.
A professor at the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law at IUPUI has been nominated to become second in command at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Janet McCabe has been tagged