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Members press EPA on frozen greenhouse gas reduction fund awards, agency cites legal reviews
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Committee members from both parties pressed Administrator Zeldin on his decision to freeze and terminate awards from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF); Zeldin described concerns about oversight, self-dealing and novel financial arrangements while Democrats and courts have questioned the evidence used to justify terminations.
Lawmakers on the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee pressed EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin about the agency’s decision to freeze and seek termination of awards under the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, a multi-billion-dollar program created under the Inflation Reduction Act.
Several Republicans on the panel highlighted examples they said raise questions about recipient qualifications, self-dealing and reduced oversight in the initial awards. Chairman Griffith and Representatives Gus Bilirakis and others pointed to awardees that had relatively small prior budgets before receiving large GGRF awards: they cited Appalachian Community Capital (listed in the hearing as having received $500,000,000) and Power Forward Communities (reported in the hearing…
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