"A federal judge this week barred the Trump administration from axing grants that were part of a $600 million program that aimed to tackle pollution in underserved communities.
In a Tuesday order, the Biden-appointed Judge Adam Abelson set aside the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) termination of these grants.
The grants in question come from a larger $3 billion pool from Democrats’ 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, which set money aside for environmental justice.
This week’s decision pertains to the $600 million set of grants the EPA said in 2023 would be dispersed to regional “grantmaking” organizations that would then issue subawards to local organizations."
Source: The Hill, 06/20/2025
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