Posted on 02/22/2025 11:16:08 AM PST by Libloather
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency teamed up with the Department of Government Efficiency to put the kibosh on more than $67 million in grant money once earmarked to push ex-President Joe Biden’s “environmental justice” mandate, The Post has learned.
The EPA and the Elon Musk-led DOGE this week flagged 21 grants totaling $77.1 million previously awarded to 20 lefty nonprofits and universities, and the Trump administration will withhold $67.4 million in payments yet to be made, officials said.
The biggest loser is Vermont-based Institute of Sustainable Communities, which has yet to receive $12.4 million of the $16 million it was promised under two separate Biden-era grants to serve as a “National Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Center.”
The Biden administration created three such national centers as part of its Justice40 Initiative requiring 40% of the “overall benefits” of most environmental and infrastructure programs to “flow to disadvantaged communities,” including Native American tribes. Another 18 regional centers were also created.
It’s unclear what will happen to the centers without the funding.
Another group losing funding was the San Diego State University Foundation, which was tapped to help bring “environmental justice” to “underserved” “tribal, indigenous and Pacific Island communities” and had yet to receive nearly $4.2 million of its $5.1 million in grants, according to a spreadsheet of the cuts reviewed by The Post. Part of its funding was to support a regional center at the university.
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Did Congress ever approve this appropriation in the first place?
There's a reason Congress is supposed to come up with a budget every year.
Every state in the U.S. is responsible for their own budget.
The last time we passed a full budget was on September 30, 1996.
Feel good story of the day!
Well said!!
and look at the debt chart since then.
“””It’s unclear what will happen to the centers without the funding. “””
They will go back to being baristas at Starbucks and living in Moms basement.
It’s weekend...and the winning marches on unabated
Isn’t this (EPA) where Stacy aka., “The Tank” got her $2 billion? Why are we talking millions?
Had a solar project up here in the interior of Alaska cancelled because of lack of funding. 😂 More winning for America!
Winning.
Environmental justice another catch phrase for a continued scam
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