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EPA chief says he will seek return of $20 billion in clean-energy grants awarded by Biden
In a major reversal, the new head of the Environmental Protection Agency said he will try to rescind $20 billion in grants awarded by the Biden administration for climate and clean-energy projects. In a video posted on X,
EPA chief says Biden was ‘irresponsibly shoveling boatloads of cash,’ vows to get back $20 billion
The Environmental Protection Agency will try to claw back $20 billion that the Biden administration approved for climate projects, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said in a social media post Wednesday, claiming without evidence that the money was awarded in “a rush job with reduced oversight.”
EPA chief seeks to claw back $20 billion in climate funding
The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking to end contracts agreed by the previous administration to distribute $20 billion in grants to fund clean energy and transportation projects in disadvantaged communities,
EPA looks to claw back $20B in ‘gold bars’ given to climate groups
The funding was noticed late last year when an EPA employee compared the funding to gold bars being thrown off the Titanic.
Trump EPA Moves To Claw Back Biden’s $20 Billion Green Slush Fund
The Trump administration is moving to take back $20 billion for a green grantmaking program that the Biden Environmental Protection
Trump team digs in, finds millions of wasted dollars at EPA, HUD with DOGE help
EPA administrator Lee Zeldin said his team canceled a $50 million Biden-era environmental justice grant to a group that ...
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Zeldin’s $20B take-back bid risks plunging EPA into legal peril
The new EPA chief wants to claw back cash from a Biden administration green banking program. It could spur a court fight.
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Trump Gives EPA One Week to Decide on Abandoning Climate Pollution Regulation
President Trump ordered EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin to decide by next week whether the agency could abandon its authority to ...
What’s with the EPA seizing ‘gold bars’?
“Fortunately, my awesome team at EPA has found the gold bars,” Zeldin says, talking about $20 billion in funding for groups ...
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Former EPA enforcement official launches new nonprofit
A recent EPA alumnus is launching a new nonprofit advocacy group, CREEDemocracy, to promote clean energy development, and ...
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Environmentalists concerned about effects of EPA cuts in Michigan
The Trump administration is dismantling the EPA’s environmental justice office, threatening pollution protections and climate ...
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EPA orders most workers back within weeks, breaking union covenants
The Office of Personnel Management previously issued guidance purporting to grant agencies the authority to disregard ...
Lee Zeldin demands return of $20B ‘parked’ at a financial institution by ‘Biden EPA’ to dole out to climate groups
Shockingly, roughly 20 billion of your tax dollars were parked at an outside financial institution by the Biden EPA,” Zeldin said. “This scheme was the first of its kind in EPA history, and it ...
PFAS Chemicals Could Make A Comeback Under Trump EPA: Votes & Verdicts
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