A divided federal appeals court on Sept. 2 ruled that the Trump administration may terminate $16 billion in grants to nonprofits intended to finance climate-related projects.
The three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit voted 2–1 to reverse U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan’s injunction preventing the federal government from withholding the funds.
In the case Climate United Fund v. Citibank, environmentalists sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)—which had custody of the funds—and its administrator, Lee Zeldin.
The groups said they were unlawfully denied access to the funds that were previously awarded to them and that the funding freeze created hardships by making it difficult for them to operate….