Court blocks EPA from axing environmental justice grants

Judge rules EPA overstepped in cutting pollution grants

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from canceling $600 million in environmental justice grants aimed at helping underserved communities reduce pollution.Rachel Frazin reports for The Hill.In short: The grants stem from the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, which set aside $3 billion for environmental justice programs. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under President Biden had planned to distribute the $600 million through r…

Biden-judge with possible grudge blocks EPA from nixing 'environmental justice' grants · American Wire News

A federal judge thwarted the Trump administration’s attempt to cancel Biden-era grants designated for “environmental justice.” The $600 million set of grants was buried in Democrats’ 2022 bloated “Inflation Reduction Act” and was sold as a means to tackle pollution in poor communities. Yeah, sure. Trump’s EPA was set to terminate the grants until Biden-appointed Judge Adam Abelson decided that the agency exceeded its authority in doing so and ar…

End the EPA’s Endangerment Finding

In December 2009, the Endangerment Finding was born when the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under then-president Obama ruled that carbon dioxide (CO2) endangered human health and thus could be regulated as a pollutant. The EPA&rsq...

Court blocks EPA from axing environmental justice grants

A federal judge this week barred the Trump administration from axing grants that were part of a $600 million program that aimed to tackle pollution in underserved communities.  In a Tuesday order, the Biden-appointed Judge Adam Abelson set aside the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) termination of these grants. The grants in question come from a larger…

Judge Rules EPA Terminating Environmental Justice Grants Was Unlawful

The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) terminating $600 million in environmental justice grants issued by the Biden administration for low-income areas was unlawful, a A federal judge ruled Wednesday.

Judge rules EPA termination of environmental justice grants was unlawful

EPA cannot "thumb its nose at Congress" by refusing to spend appropriated funds, the judge wrote.