A Rhode Island judge has found that EPA’s decision to scrap nearly 800 grants awarded during the Biden administration does not violate a preliminary injunction.
In an order Tuesday, the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island said an April order in the case granting relief to a coalition of conservation groups and other nonprofits was focused on pauses, not termination.
“Conducting an individualized termination under federal regulations is worlds away from the sudden, indefinite, across-the-board, and likely unlawful freezes that happened here,” wrote U.S. District Judge Mary McElroy.
She added that the nonprofits in the case had previously — “and consistently” — argued the same thing, alleging that the case involved a freeze on billions of dollars in funding unleashed by two laws passed by Congress during the Biden administration.
