Climate Activist Groups Receive $600 Million From President Biden

Written by Nick Pope on December 29, 2023. Posted in Current News

The Biden administration is shelling out $600 million of taxpayer’s money to grantmaking organizations to distribute for “environmental justice” projects all across the country, the EPA announced Wednesday

The funds will go to 11 different organizations, which include universities and left-wing groups that focus on advancing ‘social justice’ causes in addition to their environmental advocacy, according to the EPA’s announcement.

Each of the recipients will in turn use the money to provide sub-grants to local organizations to pursue thousands of “environmental justice” projects like environmental jobs training programs and “healthy homes” initiatives. …

The funding comes from the EPA’s Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking program, which was established by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), President Joe Biden’s signature climate bill, according to the EPA.

The $600 million announced on Wednesday is part of a larger $3 billion spending blitz in support of “environmental justice” made possible by provisions in the IRA.

Most of the recipients will do their work regionally, but several of the grantees are expected to operate on a national scale, according to the EPA.

Some of the grantees are universities, such as Fordham University and Texas Southern University, while others, like the Climate Justice Alliance and the Minneapolis Foundation, are left-wing groups that advocate or facilitate activism for a host of progressive causes in addition to climate advocacy.

In addition to supporting environmental activism, the Minneapolis Foundation, which is poised to receive $50 million from the EPA, provides “racial and economic justice grants” to groups that advance “structural and systems change through policy advocacy, organizing and movement building,” for example.

The Climate Justice Alliance, one of the EPA’s national recipients set to reap $50 million, has repeatedly supported the Palestinian cause amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, describing the status of the Palestinians as a “climate justice issue” and protesting on behalf of Palestine at COP28.

The group describes itself as a leader in the movement against “extractive systems of production, consumption and political oppression, and towards resilient, regenerative and equitable economies,” advocating for an economic and energy transition that would “place race, gender, and class at the center of the solutions equation.”

The group has also spread misinformation about the death of a queer and gender non-binary activist near Atlanta, Georgia.

Manuel Terán, known more widely by the nickname “Tortuguita,” opened fire on a law enforcement officer responding to unrest near the site of the “Cop City” training center in January; the officer returned fire, killing Tortuguita in the process, according to a sweeping racketeering indictment unveiled in September in Fulton County, Georgia.

As recently as March, the Climate Justice Alliance misleadingly asserted that “Tortuguita” was a victim of a “political assassination” carried out by the police. …

“No matter if they are dubbed grantmakers or climate corps, the mission is the same: use taxpayer dollars to build networks of political support,” Daniel Turner, executive director and founder of Power the Future, said of the funding’s announcement.

“And while Biden sends $600 million to his eco-friends, energy workers are stalled by Washington while families pay more for everything.”

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