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One Year After Green Bank’s Demise, Court Mulls Future of Grant-Based Climate Policy

Inside Climate News · By Marianne Lavelle · last updated
The Trump administration faced skepticism in court over its claim of an unfettered right to break contracts. But it’s not clear that can save efforts to sow a clean energy future with federal seed money.

By Marianne Lavelle

One year ago today, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced he was terminating the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, one of the biggest climate initiatives of the Biden administration, after weeks of alleging the $20 billion in grants had been awarded in a “criminal” scheme.