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Trump’s Climate Funding Freeze Leaves Tribes and Community Groups in Limbo

The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe received a $19.9 million grant from the Environmental Protection Agency, but funding was frozen by the Trump administration on January 27, impacting many tribal and community projects.
A Rhode Island court issued a temporary restraining order against the Trump administration on January 31 to restore frozen funding immediately.
Despite some funds being unthawed, many nonprofits still lack access to the funding, causing harm to vulnerable communities reliant on these initiatives.
Robert Byrnes expressed uncertainty regarding future funding, noting that various efforts are being made to mitigate harm, but avoidance of harm is unlikely.

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The Texas Observer

‘It’s Demoralizing’: Trump’s Climate Funding Freeze Has Left Tribes and Community Groups in Limbo

Editor’s Note: This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. When the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe landed a $19.9 million grant from the Environmental Protection Agency in early January, Robert Byrnes was elated. As a grant writer for the tribe, he and a few other employees had pulled 60-hour weeks during the holidays to ensure the agency had all the paperwork it needed to award the funds. The much-nee…

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Nevada Current

‘It’s demoralizing’: Trump’s climate funding freeze has left tribes and community groups in limbo

(Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)This story was originally published by Grist. When the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe landed a $19.9 million grant from the Environmental Protection Agency in early January, Robert Byrnes was elated. As a grant writer for the tribe, he and a few other employees had pulled 60-hour weeks during the holidays to ensure the agency had all the paperwork it needed to award the funds. The much-needed money would be p…

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Grist

Trump’s Climate Funding Freeze Leaves Tribes and Community Groups in Limbo

Groups have been unable to access their money despite court orders requiring that the federal government release it.

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EHN

Funding freeze stalls climate projects for tribes and nonprofits

Tribal and community organizations awarded federal climate grants remain unable to access funds due to the Trump administration’s freeze, despite court orders requiring their release.Naveena Sadasivam reports for Grist.In short:The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe and other groups lost access to million...

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