More than $1 billion in federal EPA funding awarded to California-based agencies and organizations to accelerate the transition from fossil fuels and make climate-friendly investments in working-class communities has been frozen and could be eliminated under a Day One executive order signed by President Donald Trump.
The funds from former President Joe Biden’s landmark climate and job creation initiatives were pledged to pay for such things as chargers to power cargo-carrying electric trucks, solar panels on residential buildings and fossil fuel-powered school buses and home appliances such as electric stoves to replace gas-fueled models in hard-pressed neighborhoods.
