The Sustainability Institute

Federal courts issued rulings determining that attempts by the Trump administration to cancel significant clean energy and climate justice grants were unlawful. In total, a federal appeals court ruled the EPA could not terminate $20 billion in grants, while another judge ordered the agency to reinstate $1.6 billion for environmental and climate justice programs.

Federal courts ruled that the Trump administration illegally attempted to cancel environmental and clean energy grants totaling billions of dollars. Specifically, a federal judge ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to restore $1.6 billion in climate justice grants after finding it unlawful for the EPA to claw back the funds. Separately, an appeals court restricted the agency's ability to terminate over $20 billion in clean energy grants awarded to nonprofit groups.