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States are releasing internal EPA documents showing officials are continuing to withhold billions of dollars of infrastructure and climate funding despite multiple federal court orders blocking a wholesale pause of such grants, as legal challenges continue to mount against the Trump administration’s freeze of key funding programs.

Democratic-led “downwind” states supporting EPA’s stayed Good Neighbor Plan (GNP) interstate air rule are resisting EPA’s bid to pause litigation over the measure, warning this will result in missed deadlines to attain federal air quality standards.

California officials and environmental groups are challenging the Biden EPA’s final rule governing pollution releases from ships, likely seeking strengthened limits, though their effort faces uncertain prospects as it is unclear if the Trump administration will defend the measure.

From Climate Extra

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said the agency is seeking to “instantly terminate” an agreement to disburse funds from the Biden administration’s $20 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GHGRF) intended to finance a variety of clean energy projects, arguing that administration officials should “reassume responsibility” for the funds.

After a federal district judge ruled that unions lack standing to challenge the Trump administration’s “deferred resignation” plan for EPA and other federal employees to quit now and be paid through the end of the fiscal year, the union representing many EPA staff says it is talking with employees who might volunteer as named plaintiffs.

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