{"id":12422,"date":"2025-03-12T19:25:24","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T19:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/e-p-a-cancels-20-billion-in-climate-grants\/"},"modified":"2025-03-12T19:25:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T19:25:24","slug":"e-p-a-cancels-20-billion-in-climate-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/e-p-a-cancels-20-billion-in-climate-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"E.P.A. cancels $20 billion in climate grants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Environmental Protection Agency said that it was canceling $20 billion in grants for climate and clean energy programs that have been frozen for weeks, a move that was labeled illegal by nonprofit groups that were supposed to receive the funds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The money has been caught in an escalating controversy involving the E.P.A., the Justice Department, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Citibank, where the funds are being held and are now frozen, prompting <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/d2qwfv04.na1.hubspotlinks.com\/Ctc\/X+113\/d2QWfV04\/VWWgb32DZ4mwW2kzSJ1283N21W4Mw1s55t2-x2N5XFYnz3qn9gW95jsWP6lZ3q0W6D0vVK8QbRS0W81RG7D2SKMs6W1HwXVr6tbV6CW7nWHMY6hthRrN6k_jqYtJQ2SW8hb1k249Ty5LW7CM5yL5v8V3WW6-hdMv9d_Hc4W27z_JS5_gpVTW1mSkf78JRgvdW89c_GW2xwhFHW2J2v693RV9m5W1QmLMj6wqR93V8ZyBb7b9HTPW1gnQ422SSs2kW4ykGvD4g8w8PN5WGXfzbNH2-N60BySVsTXLrW8pDj3z70M8DtW5ZGPyh7tcSM0VKX5Wk5TvQvrN4ZZBZPl3RdvW3jC-xZ4ZzTxyVbcRDv5s9Q02VKHBLW1BLqQSW3Q0Whg94DvLYW4K6KS25_xmF5W9fV_WX3WX3qYW3_mDQB8kWV_lW3Ctp3x4vTMFRf8nyGRn04\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">lawsuits from three nonprofit groups<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The grants were issued to a total of eight nonprofit organizations through <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/d2qwfv04.na1.hubspotlinks.com\/Ctc\/X+113\/d2QWfV04\/VWWgb32DZ4mwW2kzSJ1283N21W4Mw1s55t2-x2N5XFYlv5nXHsW50kH_H6lZ3nbW6DZdMS5S3-mDW3sz-d_7VlQLCW5Y5GN83dKz1kVjv91l2Hk1XvW7BxJl-2M9Kf0W1lSTkC5sc5vzW8_FDC_267nzvW1Q2Gnv1qm2PFVxw2sF4Qcb-HW1yCgSq66vRHlW2jGdsh213mJ0W2W60KG1xMs1VW435CqR884X2BW7WDMch4mljtGW17TBm8714JhBW31HBy87_dN4LW8SJ2FV2KDP-bW7fSBcr55hxhRW2YsGnV2gdDs4N7JgXpYQ40kNW3ZbwFq1HqR1mW7Bc1M47GqZysVfX79K4G0RlYW2LksS27-RbMNW4qYDJS2j1bGkW13H0Yl5XZTbrW1QJQfD5kqssLW5HXVpz1g1PK6W39lL761ZCT7fW8RZbYh3mMXy8VWl9yF3z2nT-W2s0JlZ4pLdPjf3Pk1Lb04\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund<\/a>, which received $27 billion in funding from Congress through the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But since taking office, Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A.\u2019s administrator, has tried to claw back the money, saying they were part of a \u201cscheme\u201d and citing as evidence a hidden-camera video from Project Veritas, a conservative group known for using covert recordings to embarrass its political opponents.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The E.P.A. can cancel the grant contracts if it can document examples of waste, fraud, and abuse by the grantees. But that hasn\u2019t happened at this point.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Yesterday, Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/d2qwfv04.na1.hubspotlinks.com\/Ctc\/X+113\/d2QWfV04\/VWWgb32DZ4mwW2kzSJ1283N21W4Mw1s55t2-x2N5XFYmn5nXHsW6N1X8z6lZ3nWW1FKLsL2QmsPTW6ZDH1b3v5l6rN1MGR114mX-FVxJ65l1ZCFvvW6BmZ5m5NHdVrW1RZgQj1YG6gkW1DbZNM3K0_r6N61BZnXkQ3vsW6rc_f82xMxf7W3s4R-p7Cq7_8W7SlpBY8pzkdyV6x13k1Mdk0qW80f6xQ74Tp5pW2M1Vh93zK-WZW5SdgBw5jkPn0W1V-mG07YkZTtW2n8ptY8CL8vWW4jmjl71mT8QFW52b-Fg237vR5W68fM4t6xDwj1W3jL2s77dkrwFW5jKm1T2j6W3hW2Dktfk40t7dMW8K1k3_38fBWgW8_RPJW1VFKQzW2cCftY1Rj4ndW5_R4y66VmFzZW76pncK3lBmk1W1wyNsr3_q2ZyN86lpzWZ7GNmW8tZYcc2w-sQ2W2M_JW32RtjgLW3xMnD33L21k4W6BG3Pf5Yg9DCW9316nf3GdzmjW2hpMXw6XTS4DW2G1P_J6vfdM6W5P8kXS27KhqPdll8P-04\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">launched an investigation<\/a> into the E.P.A,\u2019s freezing of the funds and what they said were Mr. Zeldin\u2019s \u201cfalse and misleading statements.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Two of the nonprofit grant recipients, Climate United and the Coalition for Green Capital, said they will fight the cancellation. A court hearing on a related case is scheduled for Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Here is what we know about the $20 billion in funding and how it became a target of the E.P.A.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-6166a930\">How the controversy started<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In February, Mr. Zeldin announced that he had found billions of dollars of \u201cgold bars\u201d of grant funding at Citibank, calling the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (or \u201cgreen bank\u201d) grant program a \u201cscheme\u201d and a \u201crush job with no oversight.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Zeldin has embraced the Trump administration\u2019s emphasis on spending cuts, touting his work with the Department of Government Efficiency. He has canceled scores of other E.P.A. contracts, totaling what the agency said is around $2 billion across more than 400 initiatives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The \u201cgold bars\u201d comment was a reference to a video released in December by Project Veritas in which Brent Efron, then an E.P.A. employee, likened his agency\u2019s efforts to spend federal funds on climate programs before leaving office to throwing \u201cgold bars\u201d off the Titanic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Efron\u2019s lawyer has denied his client was referring to the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">After Mr. Zeldin\u2019s statement, Ed Martin, the interim U.S. attorney for Washington D.C., asked Denise Cheung, a top federal prosecutor, to freeze the $20 billion held by Citibank. But she <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/18\/us\/politics\/denise-cheung-federal-prosecutor-quits.html\" title=\"\">abruptly resigned<\/a> after determining there was not enough evidence to order the funds frozen. The F.B.I. and the Justice Department continued their investigations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Last week, Mr. Zeldin also referred the matter to his agency\u2019s acting inspector general for a third, concurrent investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The nonprofit grant recipients began executing their legal defense this past weekend, when Climate United sued E.P.A. and Citibank, claiming they were illegally withholding the money. Two other recipients filed suits against Citibank in the following days.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A hearing on Climate United\u2019s request for a temporary restraining order to release the funds was scheduled for Wednesday in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-580e8d4d\">What the nonprofits are saying<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The cancellations surprised Climate United, a nonprofit organization that was awarded nearly $7 billion, said Beth Bafford, the group\u2019s chief executive officer. She said she received an official termination letter a half-hour before the agency issued a public statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The nonprofits have been unable to access the funds in their Citibank accounts since mid-February. The funds have been held there under an agreement between the E.P.A. and the bank.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Without the promised funds, some groups said they are struggling to pay staff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In a termination letter viewed by The New York Times, the E.P.A. said it had identified \u201cmaterial deficiencies\u201d in the program, including the absence of adequate oversight and improper or speculative allocation of funds. It did not provide any evidence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Coalition for Green Capital, one of the largest recipients, called the E.P.A.\u2019s decision \u201cunauthorized and unlawful,\u201d and said it was considering legal options.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-742b60f9\">What we know about the $20 billion program<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The $20 billion program was designed to offer low-cost loans to businesses and developers for climate initiatives, which include things like installing solar panels and retrofitting homes to make them more energy efficient.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The E.P.A. distributed the money to eight nonprofits, which planned to distribute the money as loans as well as grants to local \u201cgreen banks\u2019\u201d or credit unions, which would in turn make their own loans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The idea was that the commitment of federal dollars would attract private investments to green projects.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Zeldin has made much of the fact that $20 billion in grant money was held at Citibank, portraying the E.P.A.\u2019s decision to use an outside financial institution as an intermediary as an attempt to subvert oversight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Grant recipients and former E.P.A. officials have disputed this characterization, and said that the agency has full visibility into transactions through the Citibank accounts for the nonprofit organizations and their sub-recipients<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It\u2019s not clear how much of the $20 billion was spent before the freeze was put in place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A spokeswoman for the E.P.A. said it could not answer how much of the money has been loaned out by the nonprofits because the funds were spent under the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Citibank did not respond to request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/12\/climate\/epa-climate-grants-canceled.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Environmental Protection Agency said that it was canceling $20 billion in grants for climate and clean energy programs that<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12423,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[4034,4033,4035,114,1131,1373,181,117,1129,396,4036,113,1128],"class_list":["post-12422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science","tag-cheung","tag-climate-united-fund","tag-denise","tag-donald-j","tag-environmental-protection-agency","tag-federal-bureau-of-investigation","tag-global-warming","tag-justice-department","tag-lee-m","tag-nonprofit-organizations","tag-project-veritas","tag-trump","tag-zeldin"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>E.P.A. cancels $20 billion in climate grants - World News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/e-p-a-cancels-20-billion-in-climate-grants\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"E.P.A. cancels $20 billion in climate grants - World News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Environmental Protection Agency said that it was canceling $20 billion in grants for climate and clean energy programs that\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/e-p-a-cancels-20-billion-in-climate-grants\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"World News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-12T19:25:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/03\/12\/multimedia\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb-facebookJumbo.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/03\/12\/multimedia\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb-facebookJumbo.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/e-p-a-cancels-20-billion-in-climate-grants\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/e-p-a-cancels-20-billion-in-climate-grants\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"News\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2\"},\"headline\":\"E.P.A. cancels $20 billion in climate grants\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-12T19:25:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-12T19:25:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/e-p-a-cancels-20-billion-in-climate-grants\/\"},\"wordCount\":965,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/e-p-a-cancels-20-billion-in-climate-grants\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/03\/12\/multimedia\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=1050&resize=1050,550&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"Cheung\",\"Climate United Fund\",\"Denise\",\"Donald J\",\"Environmental Protection Agency\",\"Federal Bureau of Investigation\",\"Global Warming\",\"Justice Department\",\"Lee M\",\"Nonprofit Organizations\",\"Project Veritas\",\"Trump\",\"Zeldin\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Science\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/e-p-a-cancels-20-billion-in-climate-grants\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/e-p-a-cancels-20-billion-in-climate-grants\/\",\"name\":\"E.P.A. cancels $20 billion in climate grants - World News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/e-p-a-cancels-20-billion-in-climate-grants\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/e-p-a-cancels-20-billion-in-climate-grants\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/03\/12\/multimedia\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=1050&resize=1050,550&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-12T19:25:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-12T19:25:24+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/e-p-a-cancels-20-billion-in-climate-grants\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/e-p-a-cancels-20-billion-in-climate-grants\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/e-p-a-cancels-20-billion-in-climate-grants\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/03\/12\/multimedia\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=1050&resize=1050,550&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/03\/12\/multimedia\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=1050&resize=1050,550&ssl=1\",\"width\":1050,\"height\":550},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/e-p-a-cancels-20-billion-in-climate-grants\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"E.P.A. cancels $20 billion in climate grants\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/\",\"name\":\"World News\",\"description\":\"World News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization\",\"name\":\"World News\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png\",\"width\":581,\"height\":581,\"caption\":\"World News\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2\",\"name\":\"News\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"E.P.A. cancels $20 billion in climate grants - World News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/e-p-a-cancels-20-billion-in-climate-grants\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"E.P.A. cancels $20 billion in climate grants - World News","og_description":"The Environmental Protection Agency said that it was canceling $20 billion in grants for climate and clean energy programs that","og_url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/e-p-a-cancels-20-billion-in-climate-grants\/","og_site_name":"World News","article_published_time":"2025-03-12T19:25:24+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/03\/12\/multimedia\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb-facebookJumbo.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/03\/12\/multimedia\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb-facebookJumbo.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"News","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/e-p-a-cancels-20-billion-in-climate-grants\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/e-p-a-cancels-20-billion-in-climate-grants\/"},"author":{"name":"News","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2"},"headline":"E.P.A. cancels $20 billion in climate grants","datePublished":"2025-03-12T19:25:24+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-12T19:25:24+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/e-p-a-cancels-20-billion-in-climate-grants\/"},"wordCount":965,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/e-p-a-cancels-20-billion-in-climate-grants\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/03\/12\/multimedia\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=1050&resize=1050,550&ssl=1","keywords":["Cheung","Climate United Fund","Denise","Donald J","Environmental Protection Agency","Federal Bureau of Investigation","Global Warming","Justice Department","Lee M","Nonprofit Organizations","Project Veritas","Trump","Zeldin"],"articleSection":["Science"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/e-p-a-cancels-20-billion-in-climate-grants\/","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/e-p-a-cancels-20-billion-in-climate-grants\/","name":"E.P.A. cancels $20 billion in climate grants - World News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/e-p-a-cancels-20-billion-in-climate-grants\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/e-p-a-cancels-20-billion-in-climate-grants\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/03\/12\/multimedia\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=1050&resize=1050,550&ssl=1","datePublished":"2025-03-12T19:25:24+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-12T19:25:24+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/e-p-a-cancels-20-billion-in-climate-grants\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/e-p-a-cancels-20-billion-in-climate-grants\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/e-p-a-cancels-20-billion-in-climate-grants\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/03\/12\/multimedia\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=1050&resize=1050,550&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/03\/12\/multimedia\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=1050&resize=1050,550&ssl=1","width":1050,"height":550},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/e-p-a-cancels-20-billion-in-climate-grants\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"E.P.A. cancels $20 billion in climate grants"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/","name":"World News","description":"World News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization","name":"World News","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png","width":581,"height":581,"caption":"World News"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2","name":"News","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/03\/12\/multimedia\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1","medium":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/03\/12\/multimedia\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=300&resize=300,300&ssl=1","medium_large":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/03\/12\/multimedia\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=768&resize=768,0&ssl=1","large":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/03\/12\/multimedia\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=1024&resize=1024,1024&ssl=1","1536x1536":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/03\/12\/multimedia\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=1536&resize=1536,1536&ssl=1","2048x2048":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/03\/12\/multimedia\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=2048&resize=2048,2048&ssl=1","colormag-highlighted-post":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/03\/12\/multimedia\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=392&resize=392,272&ssl=1","colormag-featured-post-medium":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/03\/12\/multimedia\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=390&resize=390,205&ssl=1","colormag-featured-post-small":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/03\/12\/multimedia\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=130&resize=130,90&ssl=1","colormag-featured-image":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/03\/12\/multimedia\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=800&resize=800,445&ssl=1","colormag-default-news":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/03\/12\/multimedia\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1","colormag-featured-image-large":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/03\/12\/multimedia\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=1400&resize=1400,600&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-block-extra-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/03\/12\/multimedia\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=1155&resize=1155,480&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/03\/12\/multimedia\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=600&resize=600,417&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-small-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/03\/12\/multimedia\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=285&resize=285,450&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-medium-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/03\/12\/multimedia\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=575&resize=575,198&ssl=1"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"News","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e85cf08852547781a5f631f3713dbb5197ed4b54e32ae19c7d5769b8c8504897?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":false,"magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"The Environmental Protection Agency said that it was canceling $20 billion in grants for climate and clean energy programs that","magazineBlocksPostCategories":["Science"],"magazineBlocksPostViewCount":37,"magazineBlocksPostReadTime":5,"magazine_blocks_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/03\/12\/multimedia\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=1050&resize=1050,550&ssl=1",1050,550,false],"medium":["https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/03\/12\/multimedia\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=300&resize=300,300&ssl=1",300,300,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/03\/12\/multimedia\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb\/12cli-EPA-02-zwcb-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1",150,150,false]},"magazine_blocks_author":{"display_name":"News","author_link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/author\/admin\/"},"magazine_blocks_comment":0,"magazine_blocks_author_image":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e85cf08852547781a5f631f3713dbb5197ed4b54e32ae19c7d5769b8c8504897?s=96&d=mm&r=g","magazine_blocks_category":"<a href=\"#\" class=\"category-link category-link-38\">Science<\/a>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}