{"id":390086,"date":"2025-07-21T10:00:29","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T08:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=390086"},"modified":"2025-07-21T10:00:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T08:00:30","slug":"how-biden-epa-scrambled-to-beat-clock-and-route-billions-to-political-allies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=390086","title":{"rendered":"How Biden EPA Scrambled To Beat Clock And Route Billions To Political Allies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"723\" data-attachment-id=\"390091\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=390091\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0AQMvGeWwfubxVPMwBi7dDtdwYYNrUb56PCJu2giv7ar7vlomL2AwJkEKloMN8X9FjZH_8JQfPaaZLQz2foVnnL-G54tdrZel5BhJPdvZqsBn_J1CI0-6GI3oNzRlaNr5-1.jpeg?fit=1280%2C1280&amp;ssl=1\" 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href=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/2025\/07\/20\/how-biden-epa-scrambled-to-beat-clock-and-route-billions-to-political-allies\/\"> Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2025\/07\/19\/exclusive-biden-epa-scrambled-route-billion-political-allies\/\">THE DAILY CALLER<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wattsupwiththat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-205.png?resize=528%2C50&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Daily Caller News Foundation\" class=\"wp-image-10239521\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Audrey Streb<br><\/strong>DCNF Energy Reporter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Biden Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hastily shoveled billions in taxpayer dollars to Democrat-aligned green groups without having concrete agreements in place, according to documents obtained by watchdog group Protect the Public\u2019s Trust (PPT).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2024-EPA-05147_Responsive_RecordsPPTFinal.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">documents<\/a>&nbsp;indicate that the Biden EPA awarded grants under the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) \u2014 a program that shelled out $20 billion to nonprofits linked to Democrat&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2025\/02\/26\/biden-epa-cgc-top-execs-personal-donations-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">donors<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2024\/04\/04\/biden-epa-billions-grants-green-groups-democrat-ties\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">insiders<\/a>&nbsp;\u2014 on a timeline that allowed changes to the terms even after the money was awarded. The Biden EPA had until September 2024 to award the taxpayer funds, and staff were advised to delay outstanding questions and issues in order to meet the looming award deadline, the documents indicate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe more information that is revealed about the GGRF, the shadier the entire scheme looks,\u201d Michael Chamberlain, director of PPT, told the Daily Caller News Foundation. \u201cThe irony is that when federal employees finally start cutting red tape and expediting a process, it\u2019s to make sure taxpayer money is irrecoverable to taxpayers. It\u2019s clear from these documents that Biden\u2019s EPA cut corners to get the money \u2018obligated\u2019 before the funds expired on September 30, 2024, even if it meant \u2018finalizing\u2019 agreements with grantees they fully intended to re-negotiate later. In the private sector, this is the kind of thing that sometimes lands people in jail.\u201d&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2025\/06\/17\/biden-billions-gold-bars-epa-connected-nonprofits-internal-red-flags-watchdog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">(RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Biden\u2019s \u2018Gold Bars\u2019 Went To Politically-Connected Orgs Over Internal Red Flags, Watchdog Finds)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/888268147\/2024-EPA-05147-Responsive-RecordsPPTFinal#from_embed\">2024 EPA 05147 Responsive RecordsPPTFinal<\/a>&nbsp;by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/user\/857740963\/audreystreb#from_embed\">audreystreb<\/a>&nbsp;on Scribd<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-scribd wp-block-embed-scribd wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2024 EPA 05147 Responsive RecordsPPTFinal\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/embeds\/888268147\/content\" data-aspect-ratio=\"1.293791574279379\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"888268147\" width=\"723\" height=\"1000\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">          (function() { var scribd = document.createElement(\"script\"); scribd.type = \"text\/javascript\"; scribd.async = true; scribd.src = \"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/javascripts\/embed_code\/inject.js\"; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(\"script\")[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(scribd, s); })()        <\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/888268147\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">View this document on Scribd<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although the money was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/greenhouse-gas-reduction-fund\/greenhouse-gas-reduction-fund-award-obligation-update\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">legally committed<\/a>&nbsp;in August 2024, the Biden EPA mapped out a timeline that extended revising terms and conditions past the September 2024&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/greenhouse-gas-reduction-fund\/frequent-questions-about-fund\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deadline<\/a>&nbsp;to \u201cresolve outstanding issues through December 31, 2024.\u201d Another slide notes the looming deadline and argues that EPA staff needs to \u201caccept that not all questions will be resolved prior to award.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">E&amp;E News reporter Jean Chemnick asked in May 2024 about GGRF\u2019s \u201ctransparency and accountability guardrails,\u201d and in response, a Biden official argued that the program had strong oversight when it planned to change the terms after the funding deadline, the documents indicate. The Biden official pointed to other similar EPA programs as examples of the agency\u2019s experience, though the programs listed were either brand new or less than one-thousandth of the size of GGRF, the PPT&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/us6.campaign-archive.com\/?e=%5bUNIQID%5d&amp;u=7cfddffa9e09d88735a9d63d9&amp;id=60e29529c4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">notes<\/a>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2024-EPA-05147_Responsive_RecordsEJYBRLF.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">documents<\/a>&nbsp;show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNow we really know what throwing gold bars off the Titanic looks like,\u201d Chamberlain said, referencing a video covertly&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CblV6EwzKxg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recorded<\/a>&nbsp;by conservative activist group Project Veritas in which a Biden EPA official likened the rush to fund green groups before Trump\u2019s arrival to hurling money off a sinking ship. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has also repeatedly cited the Project Veritas video in comments about the GGRF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several of the GGRF grantees are laden with Democrat donors and former high-level&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2024\/04\/04\/biden-epa-billions-grants-green-groups-democrat-ties\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Obama and Biden administration<\/a>&nbsp;officials. Established under Biden\u2019s signature 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the multi-billion-dollar program budget far exceeded any&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/planandbudget\/budget\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">previous EPA budget<\/a>. Federal reviewers flagged \u201cexcessive\u201d executive pay and questionable financial statements ahead of the final GGRF grantee selections, the DCNF previously&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2025\/06\/17\/biden-billions-gold-bars-epa-connected-nonprofits-internal-red-flags-watchdog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coalition for Green Capital (CGC), Power Forward Communities (PFC) and Climate United Fund (CUF) are among the three grantees loaded with Democrat donors and insiders that federal reviewers flagged for seemingly unjustified high executive salaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CGC declined to comment and PFC did not respond to the DCNF\u2019s requests for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CU pointed to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/docket\/69899102\/01208738791\/climate-united-fund-v-citibank-na\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">appeals court filings<\/a>&nbsp;which confirm that the terms and conditions were changed in December 2024, though it argued that these changes were not substantive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cChanges to terms were administrative in nature and provided more clarity around reporting requirements and account controls, as detailed in court filings,\u201d a CU spokesperson told the DCNF. \u201cEPA has not used the changes to terms and conditions as a part of their legal arguments since they were addressed in court earlier in the case.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, the CU spokesperson said that adjusting federal grant terms is not out of the ordinary and that the Biden EPA was transparent about the GGRF throughout the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe more you look at this, the worse it gets. Not only was the Biden EPA tossing billions of taxpayer dollars \u2018off the Titanic,\u2019 to borrow their language, but under every stone you find more well documented incidents of self-dealing and conflicts of interest, unqualified recipients, and intentionally reduced agency oversight,\u201d Zeldin told the DCNF. \u201cThese grants were rightfully terminated months ago, and Congress just fully repealed the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund program in the One Big Beautiful Bill.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The One Big Beautiful Bill Act&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/house-bill\/1\/text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">repealed<\/a>&nbsp;the GGRF program&nbsp;and rescinded remaining unobligated program funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The agency\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/epaigrequest030225.pdf\">inspector general<\/a>, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2025\/02\/28\/fbi-reportedly-probing-biden-20-billion-green-fund-potential-fraud\/\">FBI<\/a>&nbsp;are investigating the GGRF for potential fraud and abuse of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2024\/05\/13\/gop-lawmakers-epa-greenhouse-gas-reduction-fund-awardees-democratic-insiders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">taxpayer dollars<\/a>, and&nbsp;Zeldin has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2025\/04\/21\/lee-zeldin-dresses-down-corporate-media-biden-golden-bars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">highlighted<\/a>&nbsp;the program as a key example of Biden-era corruption on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/epaleezeldin\/status\/1892620331421925487\">numerous<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/newsreleases\/epa-formally-refers-financial-mismanagement-20b-gold-bars-inspector-general\">occasions<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EPA&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eenews.net\/articles\/epa-green-bank-recipients-lose-access-to-citibank-accounts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">froze<\/a>&nbsp;129 Citibank accounts holding the funds in February, and in response, several grantees&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eenews.net\/articles\/third-climate-nonprofit-takes-citibank-to-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sued<\/a>&nbsp;the agency and Citibank, arguing that the freeze lacked legal justification and that the EPA had acted properly in distributing the money. An appeals court&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/851013697\/circuit-court-stay\">intervened<\/a>&nbsp;to stay an earlier ruling that would have forced the EPA to free the frozen funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter\u2019s byline and their DCNF affiliation. 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