Two federal court rulings have led to the unfreezing of hundreds of millions in federal climate funds, benefiting nonprofit groups unable to access funds promised by the Biden administration. Judge Tanya S. Chutkan ordered the release of up to $625 million from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, while Judge Mary S. McElroy mandated the unfreezing of additional environmental and infrastructure funding awarded during Biden's tenure. Both decisions challenge freezes instituted by the Trump administration, which the judges deemed arbitrary and unjustified, citing ongoing legal battles surrounding funding established by recent legislation.
Judge Tanya S. Chutkan of the federal court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday ordered the immediate release of up to $625 million in climate grants that have been frozen since mid-February under the $20 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.
Judge Mary S. McElroy of the federal court for the District of Rhode Island ordered five federal agencies to unfreeze environmental and infrastructure funding that had been awarded to nonprofits during the Biden administration.
In her ruling, Judge McElroy said the nonprofits had demonstrated in court that the indefinite freeze... was neither reasonable nor reasonably explained.
The lawsuits are among many filed against the Trump administration's moves to freeze billions of dollars in funding that had been awarded through two laws passed in 2021 and 2022.
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