Brooke Durham
envir0mentalist.bsky.social
Brooke Durham
@envir0mentalist.bsky.social
Comms for Climate United
Reposted by Brooke Durham
There 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.
Phang: And you’ve got to appreciate that the congresswoman was able to say, “Look, this ain’t Fox News, buddy. This is Congress.” So if you’re going to be here and you’re going to try to make an allegation somewhere publicly, you better be able to back it up.
May 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Reposted by Brooke Durham
Phang: And you’ve got to appreciate that the congresswoman was able to say, “Look, this ain’t Fox News, buddy. This is Congress.” So if you’re going to be here and you’re going to try to make an allegation somewhere publicly, you better be able to back it up.
May 21, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Reposted by Brooke Durham
This is profoundly illegal.

“The administration is seeking to pull back money that is already out the door — cash that President Joe Biden’s agencies had awarded, and placed in accounts for the recipients at Citibank, before Trump took office.”
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Quest to retake $20B in climate money puts Trump agencies at ‘significant’ risk, attorney warned
The Trump administration's effort to regain control of $20 billion in already-distributed funding could expose the agency to billions in damages, a career lawyer wrote in an internal message obtained ...
www.politico.com
April 24, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Reposted by Brooke Durham
🚨 BREAKING: A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction that prevents the EPA from acting on their unlawful termination of our grant agreement and orders Citibank to disperse funds for expenses incurred before the freeze.
April 16, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Reposted by Brooke Durham
Climate United response to EPA's request for emergency stay in frozen grants case: "Climate United will not--and legally cannot--go on a multi-million dollar spending spree with federal funds for our own benefit." news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-...
EPA Seeks Pause in Climate Grants Case, Says Funds Could Be Lost
The Trump administration asked a federal court on Tuesday for an emergency stay pending its appeal in a legal tussle over $20 billion in EPA grants, saying the recipients will quickly spend the money ...
news.bloomberglaw.com
April 15, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Reposted by Brooke Durham
This evening, a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order halting EPA from terminating Climate United’s award and providing a path forward to access our funds.
March 19, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Reposted by Brooke Durham
Climate United out here pointedly demonstrating that the government is operating in such profound bad faith that it may no longer be reasonable to extend them professional courtesy storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
March 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Reposted by Brooke Durham
This is the EPA’s latest attempt to unlawfully dismantle the congressionally appropriated National Clean Investment Fund. We remain focused on investing in projects that save Americans money, create jobs, and strengthen local communities.
March 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Reposted by Brooke Durham
The Trump admin has taken its evidence-free attack on the $20B Biden-era 'green bank' program to a new level, saying it has "terminated" funds appropriated by Congress to help finance solar, efficiency, EVs and other cost- and carbon-cutting projects:
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
#energysky
Trump admin says it’s ‘terminated’ $20B green bank in latest…
The EPA program, which provides financing to help low-income communities adopt clean energy, has been an ongoing target of Trump’s funding freeze.
www.canarymedia.com
March 12, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Reposted by Brooke Durham
Judge CHUTKAN has received the case of the Climate United Fund's emergency lawsuit to free billions of dollars of EPA funds frozen by Citibank amid intrigue about DOJ's effort to bring a politically charged case.
March 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Reposted by Brooke Durham
Today, we’re filing in court to unfreeze our funds. This isn't a step we wanted to take.

We hope for a quick resolution so we can continue to do the job that we were hired for: deliver clean energy savings, jobs, and economic growth to communities across America.
March 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Reposted by Brooke Durham
First of many, but here we have a completely manufactured criminal investigation. One career prosecutor already resigned over it. Goal is simply to claw back $20 billion in Biden era climate money. Open and shut corruption. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
FBI investigating Trump EPA claims of fraud in $20B Biden grant fund
While career prosecutors in two U.S. attorney offices and a U.S. judge balked at a court-ordered freeze, Citibank has locked down billions without explanation.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 28, 2025 at 2:14 AM