US EditionDemocrats say EPA illegally canceled $1.7B in environmental justice grants
- EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the termination of more than 400 environmental justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion grants, totaling nearly $1.7 billion, impacting communities from Detroit to West Virginia.
- This action is part of the Trump administration's push for domestic mineral production and a broader ideological shift that embraces fossil fuels as essential, dismissing clean energy alternatives, reframing climate change, and reducing costs for consumers and businesses.
- The grants, initially awarded under the Biden administration as part of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, were intended to reduce pollution and improve environmental conditions in marginalized communities situated near highways, petrochemical plants, or waste facilities, addressing issues like childhood lead poisoning, air quality, and PFAS contamination.
- Administrator Zeldin claims the cancellations will save the American public money by eliminating unnecessary programs, while Chris Wright, Trump's energy secretary, has called wind and solar costly failures, despite ongoing energy transitions in many states and countries.
- Senate Democrats on the Environment and Public Works Committee, including Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, are demanding explanations from the EPA, accusing the agency of illegally canceling grants in violation of congressional appropriations law, contractual agreements, multiple court orders, and EPA policies prohibiting cancellations based on policy disagreements, arguing that the funds were statutorily required to be directed toward disadvantaged communities.
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Letters for March 29: Recent EPA actions should concern all Americans
EPA actions Re “EPA boss aims to roll back climate rules, regulations” (Nation & World, March 13): Recent actions by the Environmental Protection Agency that threaten to dismantle critical climate regulations should be deeply concerning to all Americans. The potential consequences of these rollbacks go beyond environmental degradation — they pose grave risks to our economic stability, social welfare and political integrity. EPA Administrator Lee…
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Central Maine NewsRep. Chellie Pingree calls Trump’s EPA cuts an ‘assault on science, public health’
'We strongly urge you to immediately reverse course and abandon this dangerous plan,' the Maine congresswoman and Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon wrote in a letter to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin.
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