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Tag Archives: Richard Leon

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Climate Grant Showdown for Springfield and Its Allies Reaches Appeals Court…

The City of Springfield, several fellow municipalities and environmental groups will try to convince a Washington appeals court on Monday to revive a lawsuit to restore climate grants the Environmental Protection Agency illegally eliminated. Springfield was one of the first recipients of the Environmental and Climate Justice Block Grant (ECJBG) program. Yet, the city like many others lost its grant amid the chaos of the Trump administration’s slashing last year.

Prettyman Courthouse

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of Springfield and other municipalities to recover billions Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency illegally rescinded.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

Amy Coney Barrett

SCOTUS Ruling Sends Ripple through Fight for Springfield’s Climate Grant…

SCOTUS dealt a potential blow to efforts to recover grants that Donald Trump’s administration had swiped from Springfield and other municipalities. In a fractured ruling, five of the nine Supremes stayed an order that had required the National Institutes of Health to restore grant funding. The ruling, in effect, said recovery of the funds did not belong in US District Court.