The Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund (PCEF), an effort overseen by the Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, launched the fourth round of its Community Grants Program, ready to allocate $67 million to community-led projects to tackle climate change impacts.
The funding, divided across categories such as energy efficiency, renewable energy, regenerative agriculture, green infrastructure, workforce and contractor development, transportation decarbonization, and other greenhouse gas-reducing ventures, is no small feat. It signals Portland's ongoing commitment to position its warriors at the vanguard of climate action, focusing on those whose scorching touch of climate injustice has scorched the most. The PCEF fund, according to the City of Portland, has already dispensed over $219 million in support of the under-resourced categories.
This year's grant applicants are encouraged to tap into the various technical assistance provided, ranging from office hours, an applicant handbook, and guidance materials accessible on the PCEF website.
