EPA to Cancel Nearly 800 Environmental Justice Grants
Geplaatst: 01 mei 2025 23:32
The Environmental Protection Agency plans to cancel a total of 781 grants issued under President Joe Biden, EPA lawyers wrote in a little-noticed court filing last week, nearly twice the number previously reported.
The filing in the case Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council v. Department of Agriculture marks the first time the agency has publicly acknowledged the total number of grants set for termination, which includes all of its environmental justice grants. It comes amid ongoing court fights over whether the EPA has violated its legal obligations when clawing back the funds.
“EPA is in the process of sending out the formal termination/cancellation notices to all of the impacted grantees,” EPA career official Daniel Coogan wrote in the filing. “EPA has already sent out formal notices to approximately 377 grantees. For the remaining approximately 404 grantees, EPA plans to issue notices within the next two weeks.”
Prior to the filing, the EPA had not confirmed that 781 grants would be canceled, although a list obtained by The Washington Post had shown more than 450 terminated or frozen grants totaling more than $1.5 billion.
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The filing in the case Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council v. Department of Agriculture marks the first time the agency has publicly acknowledged the total number of grants set for termination, which includes all of its environmental justice grants. It comes amid ongoing court fights over whether the EPA has violated its legal obligations when clawing back the funds.
“EPA is in the process of sending out the formal termination/cancellation notices to all of the impacted grantees,” EPA career official Daniel Coogan wrote in the filing. “EPA has already sent out formal notices to approximately 377 grantees. For the remaining approximately 404 grantees, EPA plans to issue notices within the next two weeks.”
Prior to the filing, the EPA had not confirmed that 781 grants would be canceled, although a list obtained by The Washington Post had shown more than 450 terminated or frozen grants totaling more than $1.5 billion.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate- ... -canceled/
https://eos.org/research-and-developmen ... ice-grants