Judge Finds EPA Illegally Halted ‘Green Bank’ Grants, As EPA Wins Brief Stay

A district court judge is concluding that EPA has unlawfully attempted to scrap $20 billion in clean energy grants under the agency’s “green bank” program, finding the agency failed to explain its reasoning for canceling the awards and that it is wrongly seeking to scuttle the congressionally approved program as a policy matter. While the order seeks to restore grant recipients’ access to their funding, the Trump administration’s quick appeal of the decision has spurred the U.S. Court of Appeals...