Trumps EPA axes $116 million worth of Federal Buy Clean research grants
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Inside Climate News has more on the "significant blow" dealt to sustainable building advocates by the Trump Administrations forced cancelation of more than $116 million inEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA) grants aimed at ramping up domestic production of clean construction materials.The funding, which is derived from the Inflation Reduction Act and helps manufacturers secure new Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs), was announced last year as a $160 million Federal Buy Clean Initiative package to 38 different universities and other research institutions. It falls in line with the White Houses reported pursuit of criminal charges against "environmental" groups that have received such funding through a "conspiracy to defraud the United States."
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