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By Alexa St. John THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DETROIT (AP)- The Biden administration on Thursday awarded $830 million in grants to fund 80 projects aimed at toughening the nation’s aging infrastructure against the harmful impacts of climate change. The money is expected to improve bridges, roads, ports, rail, transit and other infrastructure across 37 states, Washington, D.C.\u00a0and the Virgin Islands, particularly those battered by increasingly frequent extreme weather events brought on by the planet’s warming. The funds come from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed in\u00a02021 and add to other funding already flowing to states for similar projects, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation. It’s the latest of many federal efforts to address the negative effects of human-caused climate change. President Joe Biden has earmarked more than $50 billion toward climate-related… <\/p>\n

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By Alexa St. John THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DETROIT (AP)- The Biden administration on Thursday awarded $830 million in grants to fund 80 projects aimed at toughening the nation’s aging infrastructure against the harmful impacts of climate change. The money is expected to improve bridges, roads, ports, rail, transit and other infrastructure across 37 states, Washington, D.C.\u00a0and the Virgin Islands, particularly those battered by increasingly frequent extreme weather events brought on by the planet’s warming. The funds come from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed in\u00a02021 and add to other funding already flowing to states for similar projects, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation. It’s the latest of many federal efforts to address the negative effects of human-caused climate change. President Joe Biden has earmarked more than $50 billion toward climate-related... <\/p>\n

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