Fifteen states to receive $575 million in federal grants for climate change protection in shoreline communities.

Fifteen states will share $575 million in federal grants to protect shoreline communities against climate change. The competitive grants will be funded by the Inflation Reduction Act and awarded by NOAA under its climate-ready coasts initiative. The funds will be distributed across areas on all three U.S. saltwater coasts and in the Great Lakes. In total, 19 projects will proceed under the NOAA program, with individual grants ranging from $1.45 million to nearly $75 million. The lion’s share of the funds will go to projects in seven states: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maine, Washington and New Jersey.