A federal judge late Tuesday blocked the EPA from canceling Biden administration climate grants issued from a $20 billion program, finding that the Trump administration did not provide evidence of waste and fraud.
The case concerns the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, established by the 2022 Democratic climate reconciliation law. After the Biden administration selected the grant recipients, it placed the funds in Citibank accounts, from which recipients would draw down over several years as projects are completed.
The total pledged for green projects through the fund was $27 billion, with $7 billion going to a community solar program, and the remaining $20 billion — the funds at issue in this case — providing capital for green projects.
