How Biden’s $20 billion in ‘gold bars’ climate grants was spent

The Washington Post · last updated March 24, 2025 – 11:43 AM

While the Trump administration has taken aim at many aspects of Joe Biden’s White House agenda, one program has drawn particular scrutiny: $27 billion in grants for combating climate change and boosting clean energy.

President Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency administrator, Lee Zeldin, has sought to claw back $20 billion of the program’s total $27 billion from Citibank, which was tasked with disbursing the funds, while the Justice Department and FBI have launched a criminal investigation into the grant program.

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