Jean Chemnick

Washington, D.C.

Reporter at Climatewire

EPA climate change reporter with E&ENews. I also cover the UNFCCC.

Articles

E&E News: Trump admin silent as UN deadline passes for reporting GHG emissions

1 week ago | subscriber.politicopro.com | Jean Chemnick
Gold bars and an FBI probe: Inside Trump’s effort to pry back $20B from Biden’s climate spending

1 week ago | politico.com | Jean Chemnick

Former President Joe Biden’s appointees crafted an unusual strategy for funneling hundreds of billions in government and private dollars to climate projects in lower-income communities — and for doing it fast enough that an incoming Trump administration would be unable to stop it. Now, the program is fighting for its life.
E&E News: EPA watchdog begins audit of $20B climate program

2 weeks ago | subscriber.politicopro.com | Jean Chemnick
Chevron’s demise limits EPA’s authority to cancel grants, groups say

3 weeks ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Jean Chemnick

Share Recipients of $20 billion in climate law grants are using a conservative legal theory against the Trump administration, asserting in a new court filing that EPA overstepped its authority in trying to cancel their federal awards. The Friday brief — filed with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia — refers to the demise of the Chevron doctrine, which afforded agencies broad deference on policy for decades.
E&E News: EPA insists it has the right to cancel climate grants

4 weeks ago | subscriber.politicopro.com | Jean Chemnick |Lesley Clark

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E&E News: Trump EPA transition team revealed

1 month ago | subscriber.politicopro.com | Jean Chemnick |Kevin Bogardus

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Climate grants revoked due to Democratic ties, EPA asserts

1 month ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Jean Chemnick |Lesley Clark

Share The Trump administration asserted Monday that EPA’s largest green bank recipient should be stripped of its almost $7 billion award because its leadership has too many Democratic ties. The Climate United Fund signed a contract with EPA last year for the largest grant under a climate law initiative aimed at expanding lending for clean energy projects.
Trump EPA Unveils Aggressive Plans to Dismantle Climate Regulation

1 month ago | scientificamerican.com | Jean Chemnick

CLIMATEWIRE | EPA on Wednesday announced it was walking away from virtually every important climate policy on the books, charting an aggressive course on deregulation that will take years to complete — and compliant courts. The agency at the center of federal climate action said it would roll back bedrock scientific findings, kill climate rules, terminate grants that are already under contract, and change how it collects and uses greenhouse gas data.
E&E News: Third climate nonprofit takes Citibank to court

1 month ago | subscriber.politicopro.com | Jean Chemnick

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Donald Trump's DOJ tells climate nonprofits to hand over info and come to court

1 month ago | politico.com | Jean Chemnick

The Justice Department is demanding documents from nonprofits that were awarded the money through the Inflation Reduction Act. President Donald Trump's administration is ratcheting up pressure on groups that received $20 billion from a Biden-era climate initiative.