The fate of $20 billion in climate grants to be determined

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., is slated to issue a ruling by Tuesday on whether to release $20 billion in climate grants to nonprofit organizations or allow Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency to continue to freeze the money, which the groups have warned could put them out of business. 

Since heading the agency, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has set his sights on the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, claiming the previous administration improperly distributed the funds by funneling it through Citibank. The EPA has kept the funds frozen and sought to terminate a total of $20 billion in funding for eight nonprofit organizations through the program.

The fund was established by the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, a law passed by Democrats and signed by former President Joe

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