Federal judge questions whether EPA move to rapidly cancel ‘green bank’ grants was legal
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Wednesday questioned a Department of Justice attorney over whether the Environmental ...
Judge hammers EPA over lack of proof of wrongdoing in terminating $20B in climate grants
"Here we are, weeks in, and you're still unable to proffer me any information with regard to any kind of investigation or malfeasance," U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan said.
Climate groups tell court EPA effort to cancel grant money is unlawful
The Trump Environmental Protection Agency‘s efforts to cancel money granted to nonprofit organizations to fund clean energy projects in low-income communities are unlawful and could cause irreparable ...
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Climate grant recipients fight EPA for access to $20B
The recipients of EPA’s largest climate law program will ask a federal judge Wednesday to order Citibank to grant them access ...
The Washington Informer6h
In EPA’s War on Environmental Justice, the Dems Go on Offense
Senate Democrats accuse EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin of breaking the law by canceling grants for environmental justice in ...
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Chevron’s demise limits EPA’s authority to cancel grants, groups say
Green banking groups argue that EPA's attempt to cancel their federal funding runs counter to last year's Supreme Court ...
EPA Says It Had Good Reason to Claw Back Green Bank Grants (1)
The EPA acted reasonably in freezing $20 billion worth of Biden-era environmental grants, because the grant agreements were changed in a way that made oversight “exceedingly insufficient,” the agency ...
The Baltimore Sun8d
Democrats say EPA illegally canceled hundreds of grants aimed at boosting ‘environmental justice’
Community Change Grants, for example, focused on community-driven projects for places “facing legacy pollution, climate change, and persistent disinvestment,” per the EPA. “Unsurprisingly ...
EPA chief Zeldin says he is closing the agency’s one-room museum, saving taxpayers $600,000 a year
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin says he is closing a one-room museum at the agency’s Washington headquarters, saving taxpayers ...
Los Angeles Times7d
The EPA plans to cut hundreds of environmental grants. Democrats say it’s illegal
According to the internal EPA documents, these grants, which range from about $ ... were funded through President Biden’s landmark climate law, the Inflation Reduction Act. The majority also ...