Green Banks Reject EPA’s Rationale for Trying to Retake Grants

The green banks fighting over $20 billion in grants told a federal judge the Trump administration is adopting “a remarkable view of executive power” in attempting to claw back the money.

It’s the latest move in an ongoing tussle over the White House’s effort to take back money approved under the Biden-era climate law.

The EPA claims to have the “unfettered and unreviewable right” to cancel grants if it believes they don’t advance the national interest, the litigants said in a reply brief filed March 28 in the US District Court for the District of Columbia. “That is wrong.” ...