A flag with the United States Environmental Protection Agency logo flies at the agency's headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Robert Alexander/Getty Images)
It was also revealed that $2 billion from GGRF went to a Stacy Abrams-linked group, Power Forward Communities, which had not been established until after the Biden administration announced the GGRF application process. Meanwhile, during Power Forward's first few months of operations – prior to receiving the funding – the group reported just $100 in revenue.
Climate United, another group that received the most money from the GGRF, roughly $7 billion, currently staffs a former Biden climate advisor who worked during the last two years of the former president's term. The same group is also run by a CEO with ties to the Obama administration and a board member who was among those invited to Biden's signing ceremony for his multitrillion-dollar infrastructure bill in 2021.
Several GGRF grant recipients have ties to Democrats and Biden advisors, and some were reportedly founded shortly before or after the Biden administration announced the program. Meanwhile, these groups, according to Zeldin, had sole discretion on how to use the funds.
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House Energy and Commerce Chairman Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., left, alongside fellow committee members Reps. Gary Palmer, R-Ala., right, and Morgan Griffith, R-Va., said in a joint statement that their investigation into the GGRF recipients will be "key" to understanding whether the funds were allocated "fairly and impartially to qualified applicants," while also helping to determine the manner in which the money has been used. (GETTY IMAGES/FOX NEWS)
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Several of the groups that were recipients of GGRF money sued the Trump administration in March over its attempts to rake back the funds.
Subsequently, Obama-appointed Judge Tanya Chutkan issued a temporary restraining order preventing the EPA from freezing $14 billion in GGRF funds awarded to three of the climate groups.
The Associate Press contributed to this report.
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