The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has worked with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to cancel more than $67 million in grants going to “wasteful DEI and Environmental Justice grants,” Administrator Lee Zeldin announced.
Zeldin, a former Republican congressman from New York who pledged to recover the $20 billion in taxpayer funds lost by the Biden administration to climate projects after taking the lead of the EPA under President Donald Trump, announced the cancellation of 21 grants on Saturday:
“UPDATE: I just cancelled another 21 wasteful DEI and Environmental Justice grants, with the help of our amazing @DOGE team, racking up $67M more in savings!” he wrote on X, along with a New York Post article detailing a number of the grants.
The EPA and DOGE this week identified 21 grants amounting to $77.1 million that were previously awarded to 20…
