Climate Pollution Reduction Grant

The Office of Climate Innovation and Resilience is partnering with the U.S. EPA on the Massachusetts Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) – a program for states, cities, tribes, and territories to plan how Massachusetts can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and maximize federal funding investment.

Working with municipalities, regional planning agencies, and other partners across Massachusetts, the Office of Climate Innovation and Resilience is using the CPRG process to address three priorities:

1. Analyze the benefits and costs of measures that reduce climate pollution in order to prioritize action to address climate pollution that delivers the greatest community benefits and most efficiently utilizes state and federal investment.
2. Plan to optimally match the full range of federal climate funding available under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act with the Commonwealth’s climate actions.
3. Deepen state government’s engagement with communities across the Commonwealth around climate investments.

Public Engagement

The Climate Office is launching the next phase of the CPRG process with a stakeholder meeting focused on developing the Comprehensive Climate Action Plan (CCAP)—the final deliverable required by CPRG. Meetings will be held virtually, with multiple language translation options. Materials and translated documents will be posted at this location prior to or immediately following stakeholder meetings.

Our third CCAP stakeholder meeting will focus on the project team’s approach to the co-benefits and low-income and disadvantaged communities (LIDAC) analyses.

When: Friday, April 11, 2025, 1:00-2:00pm

Please complete this form to RSVP and receive the virtual meeting credentials.

Participants will have the opportunity to offer feedback as part of the presentation. Feedback can be submitted using this form: Co-Benefits of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Pollutants, and also in writing via email at climate.office@mass.gov. We kindly ask all feedback be submitted by May 2, 2025. 

Downloads:

• Comprehensive Climate Action Plan Community Benefits Analysis Presentation April 11, 2025
• SUBVENCIÓN PARA REDUCIR LA CONTAMINACIÓN AMBIENTAL:PLAN INTEGRAL DE ACCIÓN CLIMÁTICA
• 气候污染减排补助金 综合气候行动计划
• SUBSÍDIO PARA REDUÇÃO DE POLUIÇÃO CLIMÁTICA PLANO DE AÇÃO CLIMÁTICA ABRANGENTE
• FON POU REDUI POLISYON NAN KLIMA A PLANDAKSYON GLOBAL POU KLIMA A

Partners

The Office of Climate Innovation and Resilience is pleased to partner with three Regional Planning Agencies in the Commonwealth, who also received EPA CPRG planning funding, including the Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission, the Metropolitan Area Planning Council, and the Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development District. We are collaborating to align climate priorities for the states, engage Massachusetts communities, and to maximize our opportunities for federal funding.  

• CMRPC 
• SRPEDD 
• Greater Boston Climate Action Plan – MAPC