Biden-Harris Administration, NOAA Announce $575M to Make Coasts More Climate-Resilient

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1. From the article: United States Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo has announced that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Department of Commerce are recommending $575 million for the funding of 19 projects to increase climate resilience in the country’s Great Lakes and coastal states and territories.

   [NOAA’s Climate Resilience Regional Challenge](https://coast.noaa.gov/funding/ira/resilience-challenge/) is part of the Investing in America agenda, a press release from NOAA said. Funded by the Inflation Reduction Act, it is a competitive program, with awards made under NOAA’s Climate-Ready Coasts and Communities Initiative.

   “As part of President Biden’s commitment to combating the climate crisis, we are investing $575 million to help make sure America’s coastal communities are more resilient to the effects of climate change,” Raimondo said in the press release. “This is a historic investment in our nation’s climate resilience, the largest in the history of the Commerce Department, and a key piece of the Biden-Harris Administrations’ ambitious climate agenda. Thanks to this Administration’s commitment to investing in America, we’re going to continue to help underserved communities across the country develop and implement new strategies to protect themselves from flooding, storm surge, and extreme weather events.”

   The program was announced in 2023 and has received almost 870 letters of intent seeking more than $16 billion in funding.