Federal judge rules EPA illegally cut climate justice grants, including $20 million for tribe in NV

Federal judge says Trump administration's move to kill $2.8 billion in environmental justice grants was illegal

A federal judge in South Carolina has struck down the Trump administration's attempt to end a $2.8 billion environmental justice grant program. What happened? U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel said the Environmental Protection Agency acted unlawfully when it canceled the Environmental and Climate Justice Block Grant Program, a Biden-era initiative created through the Inflation Reduction Act. Inside Climate News reported that the judge voided th…

The EPA Illegally Terminated Climate Justice Grants, a Federal Judge Rules

But the judge didn’t order the program’s resumption and denied a request to extend the deadline for awarding grants.

Federal judge rules EPA illegally cut climate justice grants, including $20 million for tribe in NV

The Walker River Paiute Tribe flag emblem on a tribal administrative building. The funding would have weatherized and increased energy efficiency and climate resiliency for 150 homes – about 30% of all existing homes on the Walker River Reservation. (Photo: Jeniffer Solis/Nevada Current)A South Carolina federal judge ruled last week that the Trump administration’s termination of hundreds of environmental justice grants was illegal, a decision th…