EPA cuts climate grants, but Solar for All program untouched for now

Sec. Lee Zeldin. Credit score: Gage Skidmore

The Environmental Safety Company (EPA) below Sec. Lee Zeldin has this week unveiled quite a few actions to roll again climate-related efforts by the Biden Administration.

On March 11, the EPA introduced it’s terminating $20 billion in grant funding below the Greenhouse Fuel Discount Fund’s Nationwide Clear Funding Fund and Clear Communities Funding Accelerator. The $7 billion Solar for All grant program can be funded by the GGRF, however shouldn’t be talked about on this launch.

On March 12, the company mentioned it’ll terminate the Environmental Justice and Range, Fairness and Inclusion arms of the EPA.

“Some imagine that so-called ‘environmental justice’ is warranted to help communities which have been left behind. This concept sounds good in idea and receives bipartisan help. However in actuality, ‘environmental justice’ has been used primarily as an excuse to fund left-wing activists as an alternative of truly spending these {dollars} to straight remediate environmental points for these communities,” mentioned Administrator Zeldin.

The EPA additionally introduced plans to reconsider the necessary Greenhouse Fuel Reporting Program (GHGRP) and Clean Power Plan 2.0, in addition to emissions standards for heavy-duty autos.

The EPA is touting March 12 as “the best and most consequential day of deregulation within the historical past of the US.”