$20B in federal climate grants unblocked by appeals court

Courts rule Trump administration can't cancel $22B in climate grants • NC Newsline

Two courts this week dealt blows to the Trump administration’s attempts to withdraw clean energy and climate grants. A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency could not terminate $20 billion of clean energy grants awarded to nonprofit groups. And a federal judge on Monday denied the Trump administration’s attempt to halt a court order to restore $1.6 billion in climate justice grants, saying the Environmen…

Divided federal appeals court says Trump administration wrongly terminated climate funds

A divided en banc US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration likely acted unlawfully when it terminated billions of dollars in Biden-era clean-energy grants. The ruling reinstated the core of a district court order that had barred the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from clawing the money back. The 6-4 decision in Climate United Fund v. Citibank is among the most consequential setbacks yet for the ad…

Biden’s flagship ‘green bank’ program may soon be back

An appeals court ruling unfreezing the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund could be the big break for efforts to bring clean energy to communities around the country — or just the latest turn of the legal screw.

Divided federal appeals court says Trump administration was wrong to terminate climate funds

A federal appeals court has ruled that the Trump administration improperly ended a multi-billion-dollar program for clean energy projects. This decision supports a lower court's ruling that nonprofits chosen to run the Biden-era effort should have access the funds. The…

$20B in federal climate grants unblocked by appeals court

A divided court rejected the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s attempt to reclaim Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grants “based solely on a policy disagreement” with the Inflation Reduction Act.

Court unfreezes $20B in federal climate grants

Court unfreezes $20B in federal climate grants Diana Ionescu Thu, 08/06/2026 - 05:00 Primary Image Primary Image Caption EPA Chief Lee Zeldin. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit overturned a decision allowing the Trump administration to rescind $20 billion in climate-related grants, reports Robin Griggs Lawrence in Smart Cities Dive. The court said the EPA "likely violated the Inflation Reduction Act" when it attemp…