Overview

• EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin confronted reporters, including New York Times, for claiming he has presented 'no evidence' to support allegations of waste, fraud, and abuse in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.
• Zeldin cited a Project Veritas video of a former Biden appointee describing rushed grant disbursements as 'throwing gold bars off the Titanic' as evidence of mismanagement.
• Federal courts, including a ruling by Judge Tanya Chutkan, have blocked Zeldin's attempts to terminate $20 billion in climate grants, citing insufficient 'credible evidence' of wrongdoing.
• Three nonprofit groups that received portions of the grants are suing the EPA to release $14 billion in frozen funds, with an appeals court currently reviewing the case.
• Zeldin also alleged conflicts of interest and reduced oversight in the fund's administration, pointing to ties between grant recipients and former Obama and Biden officials.