Judge orders federal agencies to release billions of dollars from two Biden-era initiatives

US Clean Energy Industry To The World: We Are Still Here

A federal judge has just unfrozen the Trump freeze on federal funding committed to clean energy projects, as authorized by Congress. The post US Clean Energy Industry To World: We Are Still Here (For Now) appeared first on CleanTechnica.

‘Another abuse of executive power’: Federal judge orders Trump to resume green grants

PROVIDENCE, R.I.—Another day, another loss in federal courts for the Trump administration’s continuing campaign to defy Congress and eliminate federal spending—this time on cleaning up the environment. On April 16, environmentalists and housing advocates who sued won in U.S. District Court in Providence, R.I. Judge Mary McElroy declared Trump does not have unlimited power to impose “a funding freeze” on grants the Biden administration issued to …

Another Court Enjoins Implementation of Trump's Funding Freeze

On Tuesday, the district court in Rhode Island, following the lead of numerous other recent court decisions[*], enjoined further implementation of the "funding freeze" announced in Executive Order 14,154 ("Unleashing American Energy"), which directed all federal agencies to "immediately pause the disbursement of funds appropriated through the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) or the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)." The opinion…

A Closer Look at the ‘Climate Superfund’ Laws Trump Is Threatening to End - WhoWhatWhy

In an executive order, US President Donald Trump instructed the Department of Justice to “stop the enforcement” of what his administration says are “unconstitutional” or “otherwise unenforceable” state climate laws. It was one of four orders aimed at invigorating the coal industry, an industry in decline both in the US and globally. The order instructs Attorney General Pam Bondi to “prioritize the identification” and “take all appropriate action…

Federal wildfire recovery dollars restored

BUFFALO — Federal money promised to ranchers impacted by the House Draw fire was reinstated on April 2.

Trump administration ordered to resume IIJA, IRA funding

A federal judge’s decision, which stated agencies lacked authority to pause funding, follows the president’s executive order to freeze the money on his first day in office.