A Democrat Stacey Abrams climate group was granted $2 billion by the Biden administration in a "scheme" of "wasteful" spending, the Trump administration's leading environmental agency has revealed.
$2 billion was granted to the Abrams led Power Forward Communities, a nonprofit that seeks to "reduce our impact on the climate" by financing the replacement of household appliances in lower-income communities with green alternatives.
"If you care about clean air, land and water, if you think there are some communities that have been left behind, then why aren't you spending a dollar actually remediating that issue instead of paying off your friend," EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin stated.
The $2 billion was used for the "decarbonization of homes" in low-income communities and paid for new household appliances, such as water heaters, induction stoves, solar panels, EV chargers, and weatherization, according to an April 2024 press release from Power Forward Communities.
Zeldin said that in 2023, Power Forward Communities reported just $100 in revenue but was later granted $2 billion by the Biden-era EPA in 2024.
The climate group was given only 21 days to distribute the $2 billion, and another 90 days to complete a training session called "How to develop a budget," Zeldin said.
"I would say that if an organization needs to take a training on how to develop a budget, one,
they should be taking the training before they are spending a dollar, but they definitely shouldn't be getting two billion [dollars]".
"The entire scheme as set up is fraud, it's wasteful, it's abuse," he said.
