EPA Administrator Defends Sweeping Grant Terminations Amid Legal Blowback - Inside Climate News

'Significant vulnerabilities': Trump admin attorney warned against risky $20B plot

The Trump administration had been cautioned that they were treading shaky legal ground as they plotted to block eight nonprofits from using $20 billion in Biden-era climate grants that had already been disbursed, according to a new report in Politico.But Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin still plowed forward with the plan that terminated the grants completely. His move came less than 48 hours after an EPA lawyer warned in …

EPA Chief Reads the Riot Act to NY Times Reporter Over Claims of ‘No Evidence’ of Waste, Fraud › American Greatness

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin took a New York Times reporter to task over media bias in reporting on efforts to expose fraud, […] Source

EPA Administrator Defends Sweeping Grant Terminations Amid Legal Blowback - Inside Climate News

At a press gathering, Lee Zeldin doubled down on his decision to cancel billions of dollars in clean energy grants, despite a court ruling calling the move unlawful.By Aman AzharWASHINGTON—EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin on Monday defended his agency’s abrupt cancellation of billions of dollars in federal clean energy and environmental justice grants, insisting the EPA retains discretion to terminate awards despite a federal court ruling that sharp…

EPA administrator confronts New York Times reporter for claiming there is 'no evidence' of waste, fraud, abuse * WorldNetDaily * by Tyler O'Neil, The Daily Signal

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin confronted a New York Times reporter during a press conference Monday for claiming that he presented “no evidence” to back up his claims of waste, fraud, and abuse from the previous Biden administration. “I have a duty to make sure that we don’t light on fire billions of dollars of tax dollars,” Zeldin said. “And I’m not going to stand before any member of the …

EPA Administrator Confronts New York Times Reporter for Claiming He Had 'No Evidence' of Waste, Fraud, Abuse

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin confronted a New York Times reporter for claiming he had no evidence of waste, fraud, and abuse.

EPA administrator defends sweeping grant terminations amid legal blowback

Read the full story at Inside Climate News. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin on Monday defended his agency’s abrupt cancellation of billions of dollars in federal clean energy and environmental justice grants, insisting the EPA retains discretion to terminate awards despite a federal court ruling that sharply questioned the legal basis for the move. Facing mounting … Continue reading EPA administrator defends sweeping grant terminations amid legal b…