MAINE MORNING STAR • May 22, 2025
U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree (D) of Maine pressed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on conflicting statements about why it cut grants for forever chemical research in Maine. Earlier this month, the EPA terminated all of the grants it had awarded for research into reducing PFAS in the food supply. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin publicly stated the grants were important and already congressionally appropriated when questioned by Pingree. But the EPA now says the Biden-Harris administration shouldn’t have forced their radical agenda of wasteful DEI programs and environmental justice.