CV NEWS FEED // The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sent letters to eight nonprofits March 4, the same day The Free Press revealed that the organizations received $20 billion from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund just before President Donald Trump’s inauguration.
Former President Joe Biden established the fund, which is overseen by the EPA, in the spring of 2023.
The Free Press reports that the EPA’s Acting Deputy Administrator W.C. McIntosh sent the letters, asking how the nonprofits are spending the funds.
More specifically, it asks them to: “Provide an itemized breakdown of funds spent to date, including personnel, contractual, subawards, and program-related expenses; list all projects funded to date, including project descriptions, status, and locations, amounts awarded, success rate, and anticipated environmental impact; provide a list of all current employees or contractors who previously worked at the EPA or other federal agencies in the last three years.”
The Free Press noted that its previous investigation found that the contracts from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund have a trigger clause that would release the money, most of which is currently in 129 different Citibank accounts, to the nonprofits if the Trump administration tries to recover it.
As CatholicVote previously reported, the Free Press found that several of the nonprofits were formed shortly after the Biden administration announced the grant program. The entire program was worth $27 billion, and shortly after Trump’s election but before his inauguration, $20 billion was distributed to eight nonprofits.
Many of the nonprofits are run by former Democrat officials.
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