R.I. federal judge orders Trump administration to resume grant payments to environmental nonprofits

By Nancy Lavin, Rhode Island Current

“Another federal judge has demanded the Trump administration release federal funds awarded to environmental nonprofits but unavailable for some or all of the last three months.

Judge Mary McElroy of the U.S. District Court in Rhode Island on Tuesday ordered federal agencies to resume payments of federal grants already awarded from a pair of Biden-era Congressional spending packages. The 63-page ruling also prevents named federal agencies and cabinet members from pausing future payments based on Trump’s Jan. 20 “Unleashing American Energy” executive order or future orders with similar intent.”

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