Environmental Justice Fund Opportunities at the Attorney General’s Office
Learn about and apply to receive funds from the Attorney General's Office.
In July 2024, Governor Healey signed a bill establishing the Environmental Justice Fund, which had been proposed by the Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell, Senator Adam Gomez, and Representative Brandy Fluker-Reid. The Fund is financed through civil penalties from judgments and settlements in state environmental enforcement cases and is administered by the Attorney General’s Environmental Protection Division which brings those cases. The Fund will support projects selected by EPD that address environmental harms in disadvantaged communities across the Commonwealth and is intended to address the burdens people face every day—whether economic, environmental, or health-related.
According to the Law, awards from the Fund can be used:
for the restoration of any natural resource or the investigation, remediation or mitigation of any environmental pollution or harm on or at any real property located in a disadvantaged community;
for any project to benefit the community health or well-being, whether to address economic, environmental or other health needs of a disadvantaged community; or
to contribute to an academic or government-funded research project related to environmental protection or conservation of natural resources in a disadvantaged community.
