EPA and climate groups battle in court over canceled $20 billion in clean energy grants

Published February 24, 2026 2:01pm ET



A legal battle between the Environmental Protection Agency and several climate groups resumed in a federal appeals court on Tuesday, in a rehearing of a case involving the Trump administration’s termination of $20 billion in clean energy grants.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday began to reconsider the EPA’s decision to freeze funding awarded through the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, a $27 billion program created under the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act.

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