Trump Orders Agencies to Halt Spending From Biden’s Climate Law
- Trump mandates review of Inflation Reduction Act payments
- Day One executive order also eliminates Biden’s Climate Corps
The broader energy directive signed by Trump Monday terminated Biden’s American Climate Corps program - a New Deal-inspired jobs program to fight climate change around the US.
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President Donald Trump has ordered federal agencies to “immediately pause” the spending of money from the Inflation Reduction Act, former President Joe Biden’s signature climate law that provided hundreds of billions of dollars in subsidies to clean energy and other climate initiatives.
The directive, included in an executive order issued Monday, mandates agencies to review grants, loans and other payments associated with the Inflation Reduction Act, which Trump has derided as the “Green New Scam.”