Climate Group Sues Trump and Citibank To Free Up Billions in Green Grants Handed Out in Final Months of Biden Administration

The organization says it is entitled to $7 billion in taxpayer funds — something that the new Environmental Protection Agency leadership has put on hold.

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EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin speaks as Vice President JD Vance visits the East Palestine Fire Department in East Palestine, Ohio, February 3, 2025. Rebecca Droke/Pool Photo via AP

A green energy group awarded a $7 billion grant from the Biden administration is now suing President Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency and Citibank following the federal freeze on disbursement of the contract money. The $27 billion fund being used to pay out the grants is the same one that gifted $2 billion to a group with closed ties to two-time Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams.

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