Bungwe la US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) linalengeza kuti bungweli likufuna anthu omwe akufunafuna ndalama zokwana madola 1 miliyoni kuti azipereka ndalama zokwana madola 2012 miliyoni mu chilungamo cha chilengedwe chomwe chikuyembekezeka kuperekedwa mu XNUMX. Zoyesayesa za EPA za chilungamo cha chilengedwe ndi cholinga choonetsetsa kuti chitetezo cha chilengedwe ndi thanzi chikhale chofanana kwa anthu onse a ku America, mosasamala kanthu za mtundu kapena chikhalidwe cha anthu. Ndalamazi zimathandiza mabungwe osapindula kuchita kafukufuku, kupereka maphunziro, ndi kukhazikitsa njira zothetsera mavuto a zaumoyo ndi zachilengedwe m'madera omwe akhudzidwa ndi kuwonongeka koopsa.
Pempho la thandizo la 2012 tsopano latsegulidwa ndipo lidzatsekedwa pa February 29, 2012. Olembera ayenera kuphatikizidwa ndi zopanda phindu kapena mabungwe amitundu omwe akugwira ntchito kuti aphunzitse, kupatsa mphamvu ndi kuthandizira madera awo kumvetsetsa ndi kuthetsa nkhani za chilengedwe ndi thanzi la anthu. EPA ikhala ndi ma teleconference anayi asanayambe ntchito pa Disembala 15, 2011, Januware 12, 2012, February 1, 2012 ndi February 15, 2012 kuthandiza olembetsa kuti amvetsetse zomwe zikufunika.
Chilungamo cha chilengedwe chimatanthauza kusamalidwa mwachilungamo ndi kutengapo gawo koyenera kwa anthu onse, mosasamala kanthu za mtundu kapena ndalama, popanga zisankho za chilengedwe. Kuyambira mchaka cha 1994, ndondomeko ya thandizo lazachilengedwe lapereka ndalama zoposera $23 miliyoni ku mabungwe osachita phindu m'madera ndi maboma ang'onoang'ono omwe akugwira ntchito yothana ndi chilungamo cha chilengedwe m'madera oposa 1,200. Ndalamazo zikuyimira kudzipereka kwa EPA kukulitsa zokambirana pazachilengedwe komanso kupititsa patsogolo chilungamo cha chilengedwe m'madera m'dziko lonselo.
Zambiri za pulogalamu ya Environmental Justice Small Grants ndi mndandanda wa olandira thandizo: http://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/grants/ej-smgrants.html