Clean Power Information Project Responds to GGRF Court Decision

“Today’s decision is another delay for working families desperate for relief from high home energy costs.”

Washington, D.C. – Today, in response to D.C. District Court of Appeals decision extending the inability of Climate United and other Greenhouse Gas Reduction Funds (GGRF) grantees to access their funding from baseless seizure, Clean Power Information Project Spokesperson Andrea Purse issued the following statement:

“While expected from this consistently partisan panel of judges, today’s decision is another delay for working families desperate for relief from high home energy costs. The investments in energy made possible by the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) are exactly what we need—especially with energy bills up 10% this year and surging electricity demand. It is even more absurd because, despite what they may say on Fox News, the EPA is not even alleging waste, fraud, or abuse in court anymore. Before the freezing of these funds, GGRF investments were fueling economic growth, lowering energy costs for families, adding new housing, and creating high-paying jobs. If GGRF is cancelled, American consumers would pay $52 billion in higher energy costs and the U.S. would lose 36,000 to 41,000 jobs annually, hitting small businesses hardest.”

Read more about the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund doing work in communities across the country.