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Another Federal Court Rebukes Trump Administration Over Illegally Withheld Climate and Environmental Justice Funds

Oil refinery, Ashland, Kentucky. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair.

Another week, another court ruling that the Trump administration illegally withheld Congressionally appropriated funding from communities. This time, the funding in question comes from the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Environmental and Climate Justice Block Grant Program.

In 2022, Congress enacted the Inflation Reduction Act, appropriating $2.8 billion in financial assistance to support environmental and climate justice initiatives. The funding, administered through Community Change Grants, was allocated to projects such as a collaboration between Texas A&M University and the Black Belt Unincorporated Wastewater Program to install wastewater treatment systems for households in rural Alabama. Another project aimed to expand residential and commercial composting programs in Waco and McLennan County,........

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