Class-Action Suit Would Force EPA To Reinstate $3bn Climate Justice Program

"Coalition of non-profits, tribes and local governments sued EPA chief for halting climate justice grants" 

"The Trump administration’s decision to abruptly terminate a $3bn program helping hundreds of communities prepare for climate disasters and environmental hazards is unconstitutional and should be overturned, a court will hear on Tuesday.

A coalition of non-profits, tribes and local governments is suing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the agency’s administrator, Lee Zeldin, for terminating the entire Environmental and Climate Justice (ECJ) block grant program – despite a legally binding mandate from Congress to fund the Biden-era initiative.

It’s a first-of-a-kind proposed class-action lawsuit that would force the EPA and Zeldin to reinstate the program and each individual grant, rather than forcing the recipients to sue individually."

Nina Lakhani reports for the Guardian August 5, 2025.

Source: Guardian, 08/07/2025