EPA chief seeks return of $20 bn 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 USD 20 billion in grants ...
‘People are just flipping out’: Billions in federal funding remain frozen despite court orders to keep the taps open
Federal agencies across Washington are finding ways to keep funding frozen even after judges last month temporarily blocked the White House’s effort to pause trillions of dollars in federal assistance ...
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Trump is freezing climate funds. Can he do that?
The bipartisan infrastructure law (2021) and the Inflation Reduction Act (2022), or BIL and IRA, were the main drivers of ...
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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DeKalb County faces up to $100 million in fines for delaying sewer upgrades
DeKalb County is asking for more time to upgrade its sewer infrastructure, but the costs for the delay could be steep.
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MPCA changed its inspections process after Smith Foundry dispute: audit
A new audit is looking at how the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) responded to concerns about the Smith Foundry in Minneapolis before it closed following an U.S. Environmental Protection ...
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Trump blocks pipeline of EPA funds to Hawaiʻi environmental justice efforts
Funding freezes across Environmental Protection Agency programs are complicating climate and environmental justice efforts.
EPA clawing back more than $20 billion in Biden’s last-minute spending on climate justice
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said he’s working to retrieve billions of dollars the Biden administration frantically shoveled ...
Trump Administration Fires Dozens at Federal Personnel Office
The Trump administration is moving ahead with a plan for tens of thousands of federal workers to resign in exchange for being ...