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DOGE Terminates Tree-Planting Grant for Low-Income Communities as part of attack on DEI
https://www.newsweek.com/doge-terminates-tree-planting-grant-low-income-communities-2038814The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has terminated the U.S. Forest Service's $75 million grant awarded to a foundation that helps low-income communities plant trees.
Newsweek has reached out to U.S. Forest Service and the Arbor Day Foundation via email for comment.
What To Know
The U.S. Forest Service has terminated a $75 million grant to the Arbor Day Foundation, pulling the funding from 105 environmental projects aimed at reforesting disadvantaged communities across the country.
The grant, part of former President Joe Biden's Inflation Reduction Act's $1.5 billion allocation for urban and community forestry, was intended to boost green spaces from New Orleans to Oregon, offering shade, cleaner air, and climate resilience to some of America's most vulnerable neighborhoods.
However, the foundation was told the nature of the work doesn't align with the agency's new policies. The termination email from the Forest Service, sent on February 14, said the project "no longer effectuates agency priorities regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and activities."