Please let us know if you have feedbackThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from rescinding $20 billion in climate grants. In a three-page unsigned court opinion, a divided court overturned a panel’s earlier decision, saying the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency likely violated the Inflation Reduction Act when it attempted to terminate and claw back Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grants awarded to Climate United and other nonprofits. Four of the D.C. appeals court judges said a portion of the preliminary injunction was no longer warranted following the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s repeal of the funding. The EPA is reviewing Tuesday’s judgment and considering next steps, an EPA spokesperson said in an Aug. 4 email. "Today, the DC Circuit Court judges affirmed what we have always known: EPA took actions to unlawfully freeze and dismantle the National Clean Investment Fund grant program,” plaintiff Climate United said in an emailed statement.