Concerns are rising over the Environmental Protection Agency's planned cuts to climate-related funding, heavily impacting programs in San Francisco Bay. Climate Resilient Communities, a nonprofit, faces severe setbacks as millions in grants are revoked. Director Violet Saena noted the confusion and anxiety resulting from the sudden funding cuts, significantly affecting their air pollution project aimed at vulnerable populations. Program Director Cade Cannedy remarked that the actions seem punitive, with EPA lawyers indicating further grant cuts are imminent, threatening the operational capacity of many nonprofits committed to climate resilience.
"We started planning for this project last year, and in February, when we received the notice that the program has been cut, we immediately went into dark. I didn't know what is going on and what's happening," Saena said.
"The federal award will not accomplish the EPA funding priorities. The objectives of the award are no longer consistent with EPA priorities," he said.
"You know, they're not efforts to bring about a coherent political agenda. They're efforts to punish the perceived enemies of the administration. And, you know, I think that's a really worrying trend in a lot of respects," Cannedy said.
"In court papers filed as part of a lawsuit challenging the funding cuts, EPA lawyers revealed plans to cut roughly 400 more grants in the upcoming weeks, nearly doubling the reported total to nearly 800."
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