Johnson Secretly Sought Climate Grant For His District From Fund He Voted Against And Has Vowed To Gut

E&E News reports:

House Speaker Mike Johnson urged EPA late last year to award a city in his district a grant focused on the environment and disadvantaged communities — funding from the Democrats’ climate law that Republicans have vowed to gut.

The Louisiana Republican, who was just reelected speaker despite pushback from his conservative flank, sent the letter to EPA on Nov. 15, 2024. In that letter, he supported an application from the city of Minden and Louisiana Tech University.

“I understand the funds will be used to support their ‘Empowering Communities with Innovative Solutions to Reduce Pollution, Build Climate Resilience and Improve Public Health Project,’” he wrote, according to a letter obtained by E&E News via a person who was granted anonymity because they were not authorized to divulge

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