Divided federal appeals court says Trump administration was wrong to terminate climate program
Summary
A federal appeals court ruled that the Trump administration wrongly ended a climate program that funded clean energy projects. The decision supports nonprofits chosen during President Biden’s term to run the program, but the ruling is temporarily paused to allow the EPA to seek a Supreme Court review.Key Facts
- The court was divided but majority ruled against the Trump administration’s termination of the $20 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.
- The fund was created by the Inflation Reduction Act to support small clean energy projects through nonprofits.
- EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin accused the nonprofits of mismanagement and fraud, frozen funds, and ended their grants.
- The nonprofits denied wrongdoing and filed lawsuits saying the government violated laws by stopping the funding.
- The ruling reverses a previous panel decision that had sided with the Trump administration.
- Six of ten judges agreed the EPA likely broke the law by ending the grants and trying to reclaim money.
- The program’s funding was partly repealed by a tax and spending bill signed by President Trump, which complicated the case.
- The EPA has not yet commented following the appeals court decision.
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