Twenty-three Republican state attorneys general sent a letter to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, urging the agency to end funding for the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) and its Climate Judiciary Project.

The officials argue the program promotes biased climate education to judges and amounts to political advocacy funded by taxpayers. ELI, which received more than $600,000 in EPA grants in 2024, maintains that its judicial education efforts are fact-based, science-driven, and independent of federal funding. The EPA has said it is reviewing the letter and will respond through official channels. 8/26/2025