Business Louisiana, other states, using federal climate funding for other projects By Deanna B. Narveson - July 28, 2023 iStock.com/smodj FacebookXLinkedinEmailPrint With $14 billion in new federal funding, the infrastructure law passed in 2021 was supposed to jolt efforts to protect the U.S. highway network from a changing climate and curb carbon emissions that are warming the planet. Already an INSIDER? Sign in.