DC Judge Squelches Springfield Suit to Recover EPA Funds (for Now)…
On August 29 Judge Richard Leon dealt a blow to the efforts of Springfield and other municipalities to recover billions Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency illegally rescinded. As had seemed likely after a Supreme Court ruling days before, Leon found that he lacked jurisdiction over the claims and therefore dismissed the case.
Earlier this year, the EPA essentially refused to disburse billions in the Environmental and Climate Justice Block Grants
