This advocacy and organizing toolkit from the Emerald Cities Collaborative, a network of nonprofit organizations working to create a sustainable and inclusive environment and economy, provides an overview of Justice40 and other federal funding initiatives that communities could use to support energy, water, economic, environmental, and transportation equity and justice efforts. To view the continuously updated guide, click here.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Municipal Ombudsman is an independent, impartial and confidential resource to assist municipalities in navigating EPA’s Clean Water Act programs. The Municipal Ombudsman also serves internally as a liaison across the agency, provides an impartial perspective, acts in an advisory capacity on Agency activities and helps to promote innovative Agency policies. To learn more about the function of the Municipal Ombudsman, click here. To receive a list of federal clean water resources with a municipal focus, please subscribe to the Ombudsman mailing list by sending an email with the word “subscribe” in the subject line to municipalombudsman@epa.gov

EPA’s RE-Powering Mapper is an interactive web application that allows users to identify contaminated lands, landfills and mine sites for renewable energy development. These sites include Superfund, Brownfields, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Corrective Action and Landfill Methane Outreach sites. To learn more about how to use the Re-Powering Mapper, click here.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Southeast and Caribbean Regional Collaboration Team hosted a Hurricane Awareness webinar series. The series covers preparedness, response and recovery, how to inform the public about hazardous events and hurricane forecasting. To view recordings and slides from this series, click here.

The Forest Service 2020 State Forest Action Plans Report provides an overview of available state forest action plans and identifies common themes…