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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...

Background The US Department of Energy’s Office of Economic Impact & Diversity is soliciting a third-party organization to lead an external evaluation of DOE’s implementation of the Justice40 Initiative. With the signing of Executive Order 14008, ‘Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home,’ on January 27th, 2021, the White House established the Justice40 Initiative. The executive order aims to address environmental and economic inequalities through the goal of directing 40% of the overall benefits of certain federal investments – including investments in clean energy and energy efficiency; clean transit; affordable and sustainable housing; training and workforce development; the remediation and reduction...