Federal judge rules EPA illegally cut climate justice grants, including $20 million for tribe in NV

By: Jeniffer Solis

Outlets: Nevada Current

Published: June 15, 2026

Words: 803

Last Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago

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A South Carolina federal judge ruled last week that the Trump administration’s termination of hundreds of environmental justice grants was illegal, a decision that could impact $20 million in federal funding rescinded from the Walker River Paiute Tribe in Nevada.

The Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to terminate the $2.8 billion Environmental and Climate Justice Block Grant Program was “arbitrary and capricious and unlawful,” U.S. District Judge Richard Mark Gergel wrote in an order …

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