FBI, EPA, and Treasury told Citibank to freeze funds as Trump administration tries to claw back climate money
The accounts were frozen in February, but documents filed today make public details which had previously been unknown.
Citibank says FBI recommended that it freeze the accounts of climate grant recipients
In a court filing, the bank said it was informed that the EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund was under an active criminal investigation.
Judge questions Trump administration claw back of $20 billion climate fund
A U.S. judge on Wednesday pressed President Donald Trump's administration for evidence of fraud, waste and abuse in a $20 billion climate funding program that the administration has moved to terminate.
Trump administration demands Citibank freeze Biden’s $20B climate slush fund due to criminal probe
The Trump administration has ordered Citibank to freeze a $20 billion fund for pop-up climate groups provided by then-lame-duck President Joe Biden’s EPA because it is tied up in a criminal
Trump Administration Claws Back $20 Billion in Climate Project Funds
After the EPA announced the move, an advocacy group sued, saying the agency broke a contract that denied eight organizations money to address climate change.
EPA accused of faking criminal investigation to claw back climate funds
On Wednesday, a ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee accused the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of "misusing law enforcement" to claw back climate funds and "humor" Donald Trump’s "vindictive political whims.
Companies and Communities Feel Effects of $20B Climate Funding Freeze
"Many of them are going to go out of business," a clean-energy entrepreneur said of the companies that had been counting on ...
Rundown: The green groups that got the $20 billion in ‘gold bars’ from the EPA
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin is trying to stop a $20 billion fund aimed at building clean energy projects in low-income ...
A $20 Billion Slush Fund--Paid by You to Progressive Nonprofits
The Department of Justice is investigating the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, a $27 billion program that was part of Joe ...
Climate Group Sues EPA Over Frozen Billions in Bank Accounts
Climate United was awarded money under the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund last year but said its bank account has been frozen ...
E.P.A. Cancels Climate Grants, Intensifying Battle Over $20 Billion
Here is what we know about the billions in funds that have led to federal investigations, lawsuits and frozen bank accounts ...
Maine loses $15M for energy efficiency, heat pump loans
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is canceling $20 billion nationwide in grants and other sources of funding ...
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin says he will slash climate-change regulations and spending
WASHINGTON — U.S. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said Wednesday that he would slash long-standing climate-change regulations ...
Topic: greenhouse gas reduction fund
EPA faces a lawsuit seeking to unfreeze funds supporting low-income Americans. EPA faces a lawsuit seeking to unfreeze funds supporting low-income Americans. EPA faces a lawsuit seeking to unfreeze ...