EPA Requests DOJ Investigate Foreign Funding of Environmental Groups

Joe Schoffstall - OCTOBER 27, 2020 3:30 PM

The Environmental Protection Agency has asked the Justice Department to investigate allegations that U.S. environmental groups have received covert funding from China and Russia.

EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler made the request after Rep. Lance Gooden (R., Texas) alleged that left-wing environmental groups—including the Sea Change Foundation, Sunrise Movement, and Sierra Club—have functioned as conduits for "foreign influence, financial involvement, and election interference." Wheeler noted that it is not against the law for a nonprofit to take contributions from foreign entities but nonetheless asked the DOJ to look into whether the groups should register as foreign agents.

https://freebeacon.com/national-security/epa-requests-doj-investigate-foreign-funding-of-environmental-groups/