The Long Beach Harbor Commission
on Aug. 20 awarded $5.4 million to nonprofit groups, agencies and port tenants to
fund 28 projects that will reduce, avoid or capture emissions of greenhouse gases.
Recipients of this round
of grants include port marine terminal operators, area hospitals, schools and nonprofit
organizations.
The awards were the third
round from the port’s Community Mitigation Grant Programs, which are designed to
off-set environmental impacts from port construction projects.
The awarded projects incorporate
available technologies to cut pollution, but there are residual impacts that the
grant programs are designed to address.
The grants were recommended
by an advisory committee of community members and representatives from air quality
regulatory agencies and industry.
The Port Grant Programs
were established in 2009 by the Long Beach Harbor Commission to lessen the health
effects of port-related air pollution and to reduce greenhouse gases. Greenhouse
gas grants were awarded in four categories this round: energy efficiency, landscaping,
renewable energy and transportation.
A complete list of GHG grant
recipients can be seen at www.polb.com/grants.
