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Feb 28, 2026

Trump administration will try to revoke $20 billion in funding for climate projects

Trump administration will try to revoke $20 billion in funding for climate projects

The move has been called a political stunt and "a blatant violation of the Constitution".
The Trump administration is trying to take $20 billion (€18.3 billion) away from climate and clean energy projects.

Former US president Biden had awarded the money to projects that would cut greenhouse gas emissions, such as heat pumps, for homes and larger-scale projects like electric vehicle charging stations and community cooling centres.

Now, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin has said he will get back Americans' "hard earned tax dollars" from the environmental NGOs and other "entities" that the money was given to.

In a video posted on X, Zeldin said: “The days of irresponsibly shoveling boatloads of cash to far-left activist groups in the name of environmental justice and climate equity are over”.

What are the non-profits the money has been given to?

The funding was given out under the green bank. Formally known as the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, the bank is part of Biden's Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).

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