Judge Orders ‘Green Bank’ Grant Funds To Restart, As EPA Quickly Appeals

A federal judge is ordering that grant recipients under EPA’s “green bank” program should regain access to their funds, despite the Trump EPA’s attempt to terminate $20 billion in awards under the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GHGRF). Citibank, which is acting as the government’s financial “agent” for the program, “must disburse any funds properly incurred before the mid-February suspension of Plaintiffs’ funds,” says a preliminary injunction issued late April 15 in Climate United Fund v. Citibank, et al. , in...