Citibank, EPA Sued Over Access to Clean Energy Grant Funding (3)

A climate change nonprofit group is suing Citibank NA and the US Environmental Protection Agency over its access to clean energy project grant funds.

Climate United Fund’s lawsuit comes in the wake of President Donald Trump’s new EPA administrator Lee Zeldin calling the National Clean Investment Fund, a program under the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, a “criminal” scheme. The lawsuit was filed March 8 in the US District Court for the District of Columbia.

The grant was intended to support Climate United’s efforts to finance critical clean energy projects that accelerate local economic development, save money, spur demand for domestic ...