## EPA terminates Biden-era climate grants worth $20 billion

Authored by apnews.com

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency has terminated grant agreements worth $20 billion issued by the Biden administration under a so-called green bank to finance clean energy and climate-friendly projects.

The action comes weeks after the EPA froze the grants, which EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has characterized as a “gold bar” scheme marred by conflicts of interest and potential fraud.

The grants “raise significant concerns and pose unacceptable risk,’' Zeldin added.

“The only way we can reduce waste, increase oversight and meet the intent of the law as it was written is by terminating these grants.”.

The terminations come as three of the nonprofit groups that received grants have filed lawsuits challenging the funding freeze ordered by the EPA.

Zeldin, who was confirmed as EPA head in late January, quickly targeted the green bank as an example of Biden-era overreach.

In a video posted last month on X, Zeldin said the EPA would revoke contracts for the still-emerging bank. »

### Eight miles of Amazon rainforest cut down to build four-lane highway for COP 30 climate summit

Authored by lbc.co.uk

Eight miles of Amazon rainforest cut down to build four-lane highway for COP 30 climate summit.

Large swathes of protected Amazon rainforest has been cut down to build a road for the COP30 climate summit in the Brazilian city of Belém.

The road, which is aiming to ease traffic ahead of the global climate summit, is set to be completed by November. »

### EU retaliates against Trump's trade moves and slaps tariffs on produce from Republican states

Authored by cbc.ca

The tariffs — taxes on imports — primarily target Republican-held states, hitting soybeans in House Speaker Mike Johnson's Louisiana, and also beef and poultry in Kansas and Nebraska.

The U.S. is the second-biggest export market for EU steel producers, representing 16 per cent of the total EU steel exports.

The EU estimates that annual trade volume between both sides stands at about $1.5 trillion US, representing some 30 per cent of global trade. »

### Star Fox spiritual successor announced from original programmer

Authored by polygon.com

Announced Wednesday during the Humble Games Showcase, developer Chuhai Labs — the studio founded by original Star Fox programmer Giles Goddard — is working on a Star Fox spiritual successor called Wild Blue.

“Soar over oceans, desert ridges, and perilous caves, battling waves of enemies and pushing back the Baron’s forces,” says the official description.

Which you’d expect him to say, but given that Nintendo hasn’t released a new official Star Fox game in almost a decade — the last being 2016’s Star Fox Zero, one of Nintendo’s rare Wii U games that never made it to Switch — this looks like a great replacement. »

### The U.S. has covertly destabilized nations. With Canada, it's being done in public

Authored by cbc.ca

Former senior Canadian intelligence officials say Canada needs to be on the lookout for campaigns aimed at destabilizing the country amid U.S. President Donald Trump's escalating 51st state threats.

Duration 3:32 Though Donald Trump says tariffs will cause “little disturbance” to the stock market, experts say a recession is likely on its way.

Fadden says governments and intelligence agencies have learned the hard way of the power of disinformation and propaganda channelled through social media. »

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