Posted on 04/17/2025 7:54:01 AM PDT by Ultra Sonic 007
Acourt has temporarily blocked a ruling from U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan regarding the funding of former President Joe Biden's climate programs.
The D.C. Court of Appeals halted the judge's Tuesday ruling that ordered Citibank to release billions of dollars in green bank grants as part of Biden's 2022 climate, tax and health care bill.
Why It Matters The court's ruling is the latest development in an ongoing fight as President Donald Trump attempts to throw out Biden's climate and energy measures, and replace it with his cost-cutting and pro-coal agenda.
Chutkan oversaw the president's now dismissed federal 2020 election obstruction case.
What To Know In March, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin terminated grants awarded to eight nonprofits through Biden's 2022 Inflation Reduction Act and tried to claw back the $20 billion fund.
Chutkan issued a preliminary injunction on Tuesday prohibiting the EPA from suspending or terminating the grants, ruling that the agency had violated the law. Citibank had received the funds, but refused to release them following a request by the current government.
The Court of Appeals has now issued a partial stay on Chutkan's ruling in order to give the court "sufficient opportunity" to examine it.
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“temporarily blocked...a partial stay”
Aaargghh....
It’s people like Chutkan who give Affirmative Action a bad rep.
I understanding there are apparently hundreds of district court judges but the same 5 or so keep popping up. The system is a complete joke and I am 100% comfortable with Trump ignoring it if he so chose to.
Gosh! They say “pro coal agenda” like it’s a bad thing
A Graduate of DEI 101 Class of 3:15 p.m. Thursday
If you ever wonder when pro coal people keep their extra wives...
Now that Judge Shitcan has been taken care of now go after judge Assberg.
I have nothing but contempt for these lousy leftists appointed and serving judgeships.
The democrats want to add more robed wokeists to the supreme ranks. I want to eliminate entire levels of judgeships.
A temporary block is better than nothing. And it shows Judge Chutkan was on thin grounds.
Well Green is now a Scam
I believe it is this case:
Climate United Fund v. Citibank (D.D.C.)
Case No. 1:24-cv-00698
Overview: : Climate United Fund, a nonprofit with grant funding from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has brought a suit against the EPA and Citibank for the withholding of grant funds. The EPA ordered Citibank to freeze the funds, and Citibank is now withholding the funds, effectively terminating Climate United Fund’s grant. A federal judge has temporarily granted a limited block preventing the EPA and Citibank from implementing the grant termination and transferring the funds elsewhere.
Case Summary: Plaintiff Climate United Fund has brought suit against the EPA and Citibank for the withholding of its grant funding obtained from the EPA in 2024 through the National Clean Investment Fund (NCIF), a program under the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF). The grant requires Climate United’s grant funds to be held at Citibank under a Financial Agent Agreement (FAA) between Citibank and the U.S. Treasury Department, and an Account Control Agreement (ACA) between Citibank, Climate United, and EPA that sets forth the specific details for EPA to exercise “control” as a secured party.
On Feb. 12, 2025, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin made a public statement announcing EPA’s goal of taking back grant funds disbursed to Climate United Fund and other recipients pursuant to the Inflation Reduction Act. The EPA and Zeldin then started to take multiple actions designed to suspend or terminate Climate United’s grant. Citibank is now refusing to honor Climate United’s disbursement requests despite contractual obligation to do so, citing the need for further direction from the EPA before disbursing any grant funds. Climate United Fund has been forced to defer compensation for some employees and will shortly run out of funds to pay operating expenses. Plaintiff seeks declaratory and injunctive relief to order Citibank to disburse funds, enjoin the EPA and Zeldin from impeding Citibank from disbursing funds, and enjoin the EPA and Zeldin from unlawfully suspending or terminating Climate United’s grant award.
Update 1: On Mar. 10, Plaintiff filed a motion requesting a temporary restraining order (“TRO”). On Mar. 12, both Citibank and the EPA filed motions in opposition to the TRO.
Update 2: On Mar. 11, the EPA terminated Climate United Fund’s grant. On Mar. 17, Plaintiff filed an amended complaint to include the unlawful termination of the grant.
Update 3: On Mar. 18, Judge Tanya Chutkan granted in part and denied in part Plaintiff’s motion for a TRO, enjoining the EPA and Citibank from implementing the grant termination and transferring the funds elsewhere.
Update 4: On Mar. 21, Plaintiffs filed a consolidated motion for a preliminary injunction to request that the Court prevent the Federal Defendants from (1) effectuating the EPA’s Mar. 11 termination of Climate United Fund’s grant, (2) unlawfully limiting access to the funds related to Plaintiffs’ grants, and (3) impeding Citibanks’ access to funds related to the grants.
Update 5: On Mar. 26, the Federal Defendants filed their opposition to Plaintiffs’ consolidated motion for a preliminary injunction.
Update 6: On Mar. 28, Plaintiff filed a reply in support of Plaintiffs’ consolidated motion for a preliminary injunction.
Update 7: On Mar. 31, the Federal Defendants filed an opposition to the Subgrantee Plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction.
On that same day, Judge Chutkan ordered the extension of the TRO.
And now the D.C. Court of Appeals halted the judge’s Tuesday ruling that ordered Citibank to release billions of dollars in green bank grants as part of Biden’s 2022 climate, tax and health care bill.
Tanya needs to go home to Jamaica. Her attack on the Caucasian male U.S. President is over. She didn’t get him.
Environmentalists live off of taxpayers everywhere and should go get a REAL JOB
THIS IS ALL TIED TO STACEY ABRAMS & 2 NGO’s SHE ORGANIZED THAT HAD $100 in the bank in one year.
I can fully explain why they even had $100——
YOU CANNOT OPEN A BANK ACCOUNT WITH ANYTHING LESS THAN $100.
BIDEN “PARKED” $$$$ WITH CITIBANK FOR HER TO “DRAW RROM”AS SHE WISHED.
I would bet $$$ that fewer than 2% of those living east of the MISSISSIPPI actually know that COAL is the source of their POWER.
They just had to add that in the story like it has anything to do with it.
Yes, I look for glimmers of hope like that.
BTTT
I would not take that bet. I’m sure you’re correct that less than 2% know.
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