Sunday, August 16, 2026

Trump EPA wrongly canceled $20B in climate funds, appeals court rules

Good news! Maybe next year the federal funding of global warming/climate change propaganda/demagoguery with taxpayers money will finally stop!

"The Trump administration did not have the authority to terminate and claw back funding that had already been disbursed to climate nonprofits, an appeals court ruled on Tuesday.

Eight nonprofit groups have been seeking to regain access to billions of dollars that had been deposited in their bank accounts after EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, along with the FBI and the Treasury Department, ordered Citibank to freeze their accounts in February 2025.

The decision gives the groups access to their funding while the EPA decides whether to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
However, many of the organizations have had to enact significant cuts while their accounts were frozen.

The judgment upholds an injunction preventing the EPA from taking back money that had already been disbursed to the nonprofits’ bank accounts. Six of 10 judges on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit supported lifting the injunction. ..."

Trump EPA wrongly canceled $20B in climate funds, appeals court rules | TechCrunch

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