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Senators press EPA over frozen grants and legal fights over greenhouse-gas reduction fund
Summary
Multiple senators accused the EPA of impounding appropriated funds and illegally freezing grants, including environmental justice awards and the greenhouse gas reduction fund; the administrator defended those actions and noted pending appeals and stays in litigation.
Sen. Jeff Merkley and other senators accused EPA leadership of unlawfully freezing appropriations and blocking grants that Congress authorized, citing billions in withheld money and pending court challenges.
“Under your leadership, mister Zeldin, EPA has illegally and unconstitutionally impounded about $24,000,000,000, including $1,700,000,000 environmental justice grants,” Sen. Merkley said, asserting the freezes make it “harder to address pollution and climate chaos.”
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