Dozens of Groups Challenge EPA’s Justice Grant Cancellations (1)

A collection of conservation groups, environmental organizations, and counties from across the US are challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to eliminate the Environmental and Climate Justice Block Grant program.

The move “violates bedrock separation-of-powers principles by effectively repealing a congressional enactment and impounding funds based on nothing more than the President’s disagreement with policies Congress duly enacted,” Appalachian Voices, the city and county of San Francisco, and more than a dozen other parties said in their complaint filed in the US District Court for the District of Columbia Wednesday.

The Trump administration has faced several lawsuits over canceling different ...