White House rescinds $20m for clean water in pesticide-contaminated rural California

EPA said grant to provide clean water was a wasteful DEI program' as pesticide leaches into residents' wells

For decades, thousands of residents in California's agricultural heartland couldn't use their wells because the water was too contaminated with pesticides. In December, the Biden administration stepped in with a long-awaited $20m grant to provide clean water, improve municipal sources and relieve the region's financial and health burden.

The Trump administration just took the money away.