US EditionStates sue the Trump administration for blocking funds for electric vehicle charging
- Maryland and 15 other states sued the Trump administration on May 7, 2025, in Washington state to restore electric vehicle charging funds.
- The lawsuit arose because Trump’s March 14 executive order halted about $5 billion in congressionally approved funding for EV infrastructure under a 2021 bipartisan law.
- The suit challenges the Federal Highway Administration's authority to block distributing funds required by statute, alleging the order usurps Congress’s spending power and wrongly pauses state projects.
- Maryland faces losing $49 million in NEVI funds, while California leads a coalition calling Trump’s action “unconstitutional,” saying the “demand for clean transportation continues to rise.”
- The lawsuits and injunctions aim to resume EV funding to expand charging networks, reduce emissions, and uphold constitutional spending authority against executive overreach.
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15 states sue over Trump’s move to fast-track oil and gas projects via his ‘energy emergency’ order
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Trump energy emergency latest target for Washington AG • Washington State Standard
Attorney General Nick Brown (center) announces a lawsuit against the Trump administration in Seattle, Washington, on May 9, 2025, over its declaration of an energy emergency. (Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard)Washington and 14 other states are suing the Trump administration over the president’s declaration of an “energy emergency” to speed up permitting for fossil fuel projects. Issued the day of his inauguration, President Donald…
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EHNTrump administration sued by 17 states over frozen funds for electric vehicle charging network
Seventeen states have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for halting billions in federal funding intended to expand the national electric vehicle charging infrastructure.Sophie Austin and Alexa St. John report for The Associated Press.In short:The Trump administration ordered a stop to electric vehicle charger funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, blocking an estimated $3.3 billion already distributed.Attorneys general fr…
States Sue Trump Admin Over Termination of EV Charging Station Funding
The Trump administration is being sued by a coalition of 16 states and the District of Columbia over claims it is withholding billions of dollars in funding approved by Congress to build electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, according to a federal lawsuit announced on April 7. The lawsuit is led by attorneys general from California, Colorado, and Washington and was filed in the District Court for the Western District of Washington. It centers…
16 states, DC sue Trump over 2021 EV charger funds; most haven’t built chargers
(The Center Square) - A 17-state-and-territory coalition led by California, Washington and Colorado is suing the Trump administration to maintain access to $5 billion in EV charger funding passed by Congress in 2021 but put on hold by the current…
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