Bungwe la US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) posachedwapa linalengeza kuti bungweli likufuna opempha ndalama zokwana madola 1 miliyoni muzopereka zothandizira zachilengedwe zomwe zikuyembekezeka kuperekedwa ku 2012. Ntchito 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 chikhalidwe cha anthu pogwiritsa ntchito ndalama zothandizira kufufuza, kupereka maphunziro, ndi kukhazikitsa njira zothetsera mavuto m'madera okhudzidwa ndi thanzi ndi chilengedwe.
Olembera ayenera kuphatikizidwa ndi mabungwe osapindula kapena mafuko omwe akugwira ntchito yophunzitsa, kupatsa mphamvu komanso kuthandizira madera awo kumvetsetsa ndikuthana ndi zovuta zazachilengedwe komanso zaumoyo. Zothandizira zimaperekedwa mpaka $25,000 iliyonse ndipo sizifunikira machesi.
Zopempha zonse za thandizo ziyenera kufika pa February 29, 2012.
Pitani ku http://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/grants/ej-smgrants.html kuti mumve zambiri.