A federal judge this week barred the Trump administration from axing grants that were part of a $600 million program that aimed to tackle pollution in underserved communities.

In a Tuesday order, the Biden-appointed Judge Adam Abelson set aside the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) termination of these grants.

The grants in question come from a larger $3 billion pool from Democrats’ 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, which set money aside for environmental justice.

This week’s decision pertains to the

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