A federal appeals court has just handed President Donald Trump a major legal victory.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has ruled that the Trump administration acted lawfully in canceling $16 billion in climate-related grants previously awarded to nonprofit groups.
On Tuesday, the panel of judges ruled 2–1 to overturn an injunction from Obama-appointed U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan.
Democrat-aligned Chutkan had temporarily blocked the Trump administration from terminating the funds.
The dispute arose in Climate United Fund v. Citibank.
Environmental groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Administrator Lee Zeldin.
The groups argued they had been unlawfully denied funding from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.
The green agenda program was created under former President Joe Biden’s misleadingly named Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
Biden’s EPA had awarded $20 billion in taxpayer-funded grants to eight entities to launch “climate-related” projects.
But in March, Zeldin terminated the program.
The EPA chief cited serious concerns about fraud, waste, and abuse.
Zeldin described the program as a “gold bar scheme.”
He said the Biden-era “climate” bank was rife with integrity issues, lacked transparency, and was misaligned with the agency’s current priorities.
Writing for the majority, Circuit Judge Neomi Rao said the nonprofits’ claims were essentially contractual disputes.
Rao noted that the case belonged in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, not in a district court.
The district court, she wrote, “abused its discretion in issuing the injunction.”
The judge added that the grantees were unlikely to succeed on the merits of their case.
Judge Chutkan’s injunction is now finally vacated.
The ruling clears the way for the Trump administration to permanently block the funds.
Green agenda activists have argued that the termination of the program has left them unable to operate many of their projects.
However, critics of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund say the ruling is a necessary step to prevent billions in taxpayer dollars from being funneled into politically connected globalist nonprofits with little oversight.
The decision is the latest sign that Trump’s push to dismantle Biden’s green agenda, including the Inflation Reduction Act’s massive “climate” spending initiatives, is gaining momentum in the courts.
READ MORE – Scientists Push Plan to Spread Fatal Meat Allergy Among Public to ‘Fight Climate Change’
Our comment section is restricted to members of the Slay News community only.
To join, create a free account HERE.
If you are already a member, log in HERE.