US EditionFederal judge questions whether EPA move to rapidly cancel ‘green bank’ grants was legal
- Judge Chutkan questioned the EPA's attorney regarding the termination of $20 billion in green bank grants.
- Administrator Zeldin characterized the grants as a 'gold bar' scheme marred by conflicts and potential fraud.
- The EPA allegedly pressured Citibank to freeze funds already awarded to nonprofits for clean energy projects.
- Chutkan quoted that to halt the funds, the EPA should have followed legal procedures.
- Nonprofits claim the EPA's actions paralyzed their work, leading United Way to consider suing the government.
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Climate groups tell court EPA effort to cancel grant money is unlawful - Washington Examiner
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 harm to the awardees, the nonprofit groups argued in federal court on Wednesday. A federal court in Washington, D.C., heard arguments from three nonprofit groups that were granted $20 billion from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: the Climate Unit…
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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 Protection Agency violated the law when it terminated $20 billion in green bank grants allegedly without following the proper process.
Federal judge questions whether EPA move to rapidly cancel 'green bank' grants was legal - The Morning Sun
A federal judge on Wednesday pressed an attorney for the Environmental Protection Agency about whether the agency broke the law when it swiftly terminated $20 billion worth of grants awarded to nonprofits for a green bank by allegedly bulldozing past proper rules and raising flimsy accusations of waste and fraud. In a nearly three-hour hearing, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan said the government had provided no substantial new evidence of wron…
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