Reposted by Beth BaffordThe Chronicle of Philanthropy @chronphilanthropy.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Opinion: After the Trump administration froze our funding, we learned that silence in the face of these attacks wouldn't work. Now we’re speaking up. phlnthrp.com/45F5oB1 022
Reposted by Beth BaffordImpactAlpha @impactalpha.com · 13/06/2025☎️ Recap: A pipeline of deals representing billions of dollars could move forward without federal funding. “The whole reason we exist is to lean into these challenges and opportunities when others lean out,” said @bethbaff.bsky.social of @climateunited.bsky.social. impactalpha.com/call-no-71-g...impactalpha.comCall No. 71: Green lenders are all dressed up and ready to rollThe deals pencil. The pipeline is vetted. The projects are shovel-ready. Community lenders and green banks that had been set to deploy $20 ... 031
Reposted by Beth BaffordAntonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · 19/05/2025I’m at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the $20 billion climate grants case. The Trump administration has now entirely dropped from its legal case the EPA’s continued very public claims that grantees engaged in waste, fraud or abuse. Now stating repeatedly that this is not the government’s contention. 36725
Beth Bafford @bethbaff.bsky.social · 21/05/2025There are goals we share with Zeldin: clean air, affordable energy, strong domestic manufacturing, robust transparency & oversight. But we will never agree on his reasons for terminating our grant. The "evidence" he cites is misleading at best (mostly lies). That is why it has been absent in court. 021
Beth Bafford @bethbaff.bsky.social · 17/04/2025A comprehensive overview of the legal process that we and others are going through, and - most importantly - what is at stake. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...rollingstone.comThe Court Battle to Stop Trump's $20 Billion Climate ClawbackTrump weaponized the FBI and Justice Department as part of a “witch hunt” to dismantle a Biden-era green bank and climate program. 010
Reposted by Beth BaffordClimate United @climateunited.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Thriving small businesses = thriving American economy. That's why our electric trucks program invests in small businesses like Bianca's to improve their bottom line while building a stronger American supply chain and reducing air pollution for port communities. 041
Beth Bafford @bethbaff.bsky.social · 04/04/2025“You said that there was waste, fraud, abuse,” Judge Tanya Chutkan said to Department of Justice attorney Marc Sacks. “You seem to be abandoning that position now.” www.utilitydive.com/news/epa-att...utilitydive.comDOJ attorney in EPA funding freeze case breaks with Zeldin’s fraud comments“You said that there was waste, fraud, abuse,” Judge Tanya Chutkan said to Department of Justice attorney Marc Sacks. “You seem to be abandoning that position now.” 062
Beth Bafford @bethbaff.bsky.social · 02/04/2025This program is not about politics, it’s about people. We want to do the work. 👇 000
Beth Bafford @bethbaff.bsky.social · 02/04/2025“I’m not here though because of his speech. I’m here despite his speech. I’m here because as powerful as he was, the people were more powerful.” @booker.senate.gov www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u...nytimes.comCory Booker Condemns Trump’s Policies in Longest Senate Speech on RecordThe New Jersey senator spent much of his speech, which ended after more than 25 hours, assailing the Trump administration. He eclipsed Strom Thurmond’s filibuster of a civil rights bill in 1957. 000
Reposted by Beth BaffordPhil Aroneanu @philaroneanu.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Navajo Power Home is planning to electrify 5,000 homes in the Navajo Nation, with financing support from @climateunited.bsky.social — but those funds are now frozen. "They want Americans to be prioritized…well what about the first Americans, the ones that were here, the indigenous folks?”newsweek.comClean energy in Native communities is at risk with EPA's green bank freezeThe Trump administration's effort to claw back funding for a clean energy program has hit hard in Native communities where solar and geothermal held promise. 176
Reposted by Beth BaffordClimate United @climateunited.bsky.social · 01/04/2025A strong, advanced energy economy benefits all of us⚡ That’s why we invest in solutions that transform communities and save hard-working Americans money, all while boosting domestic manufacturing, creating jobs, and reducing pollution. 032
Beth Bafford @bethbaff.bsky.social · 28/03/2025What's at stake in Minnesota 👇 www.startribune.com/climate-solu...startribune.comClimate solution or ‘$20 billion gold bar scheme’? Explaining Minnesota’s lawsuit against Trump’s EPA.How green banks became a target for a federal funding freeze. 000
Beth Bafford @bethbaff.bsky.social · 28/03/2025We are excited to share this update on our work. Despite recent challenges, our team has continued to deliver. Check out our latest response to EPA's recent oversight request and let us know if you have any questions. 👇 000
Reposted by Beth BaffordPhil Aroneanu @philaroneanu.bsky.social · 27/03/2025In Georgia, these funds will help churches install solar and make community buildings more resilient to extreme weather like floods and heatwaves. In North Carolina, they will help Hurricane Helene survivors harden their homes and install solar + batteries to keep the lights on in future storms.cnn.comThe Trump admin is accusing EPA of squirreling away $20 billion in ‘gold bars.’ Here’s what’s really going on. | CNNLee Zeldin’s allegations of criminal activity led to the resignation of a top DC prosecutor who refused to open a grand jury investigation. 033
Reposted by Beth BaffordPhil Aroneanu @philaroneanu.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Who ultimately pays the price for EPA’s funding freeze? City and town governments, first-time homebuyers, electricians and contractors, small businesses, and hard-working Americans. www.newsweek.com/greenhouse-g...newsweek.comCompanies and communities feel effects of $20B climate funding freeze"Many of them are going to go out of business," a clean-energy entrepreneur said of the companies that had been counting on the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. 011
Reposted by Beth BaffordClimate United @climateunited.bsky.social · 10/03/2025We want to do the work. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/08/c...nytimes.comClimate United Sues E.P.A. Over Frozen $20 BillionIn a lawsuit, Climate United claims the E.P.A. is illegally withholding funds that have become a target of the Trump administration. 084
Reposted by Beth BaffordJeff Young @jefftheyoung.bsky.social · 04/03/2025"The current funding freeze harms the communities we serve, and we are taking the next step to ensure we can deliver on our contract," Climate United CEO Beth Bafford said. www.newsweek.com/climate-unit...newsweek.comGreen group wants EPA to explain why $20 billion accounts are frozenA letter to the EPA from Climate United Fund said the group has not been able to use its bank account and argued that a freeze on the funds is illegal. 011
