EPA and GWNO address environmental issues in New Orleans

Sept. 17, 2014

DALLAS — Groundwork New Orleans (GWNO) will use an EPA Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Cooperative Agreement (EJCPS) to conduct a two-year project aimed at creating an outdoor curriculum focused on watershed and stormwater management.

DALLAS — Groundwork New Orleans (GWNO) and EPA announced they are once again teaming up to address environmental justice issues in New Orleans, according to a press release.

EPA recently awarded $120,000 to GWNO to support a two-year project that will create an adaptable outdoor curriculum focused on watershed and stormwater management for local youth and residents, stated the release.

The release reported that GWNO will use an EPA Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Cooperative Agreement (EJCPS) to conduct the project.

GWNO is one of 12 community-based organizations that will receive EJCPS funding totaling about $1.4 million, noted the release.

You can find the release here.

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