Fox News has aired at least 56 segments about the Biden administration's $20 billion climate funding, most of which portrayed it as fraud, waste, or abuse
Fox News has repeatedly characterized the Biden administration’s $20 billion climate funding initiative — authorized under the Inflation Reduction Act as the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund — as corrupt, criminal, or both. Across dozens of segments, the network framed the funding as “fraud,” “waste,” or “abuse,” even though no confirmed findings by the Environmental Protection Agency support such characterizations. When a federal court ruled against the Trump administration’s attempts to claw back these funds, Fox personalities portrayed the decisions as examples of judicial overreach. These narratives have become central to right-wing media’s efforts to delegitimize federal climate investments, particularly those directed toward historically underserved communities.
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