Through its new
Midwest Climate and Energy program, the foundation will award grants to organizations working to advance climate and energy policy at the regional level; boost community-level efforts that promote energy and transportation efficiency; and assist private-sector leaders and networks working to develop, promote, and implement climate and energy objectives for the region. To that end, the foundation awarded $20 million over two years to the
Energy Foundation in support of the latter's efforts to promote clean energy policies in the Midwest, and $5 million over two years to
RE-AMP in support of its efforts to promote policies in the Upper Midwest region that advance clean energy and combat climate change.
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