A coalition of Republican attorneys general is asking EPA to cut off federal grants to a legal education organization that has been criticized by oil and gas industry allies for providing courses on climate science to judges.
In a letter sent Tuesday to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, the 23 Republicans said the Environmental Law Institute’s Climate Judiciary Project is trying to “lobby judges in order to make climate change policy through the courts.”
The letter represents an escalation by Republican officials to crush local government efforts to hold oil and gas companies financially accountable for the effects of climate change. It comes as Zeldin has sought to cancel billions of dollars in grants to climate and environmental programs.
EPA also canceled two ELI grants focused on environmental justice and climate mitigation earlier this year.
