By Thomas Catenacci (The Washington Free Beacon)
A government watchdog group identified $776 billion in federal programs introduced or modified during the Biden administration to fight global warming and promote green energy. That group, the Functional Government Initiative, is now calling on the White House to use its findings as a framework for clawing back funds where possible.
The group’s director, Chris Stanley, shared the findings—compiled in a 51-page report first obtained by the Washington Free Beacon—with White House Office of Management and Budget director Russell Vought on Tuesday. In a letter to Vought, Stanley said the report could be useful for Vought as he directs agencies to “uncover waste, fraud, and abusive federal spending in the name of climate change.”
The Functional Government Initiative’s report and letter to the White House come against the backdrop of a broader administration-wide effort to weed out what they consider to be wasteful government spending. On his first day in office, President Donald Trump established the Department of Government Efficiency, which has since identified millions of dollars in such spending at the United States Agency for International Development and plans to audit several other agencies.