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Abigail Dillen, President of Earthjustice, speaks on a panel of guests discussing the impact of the Trump administration’s approach to the environment

The government reneged on its promise to provide federal grant money to fund climate projects. We’re suing on behalf of grant recipients who have been harmed.

The environmental movement has made huge gains since the 1970s, and we won’t let the lawless actions of the current administration reverse our hard-won progress.

“This funding freeze is more than an administrative delay. It is actively harming the people.”

Interior failed to properly evaluate the harm from billion-barrel oil lease sale

A five-year offshore oil and gas leasing plan that will be announced later in September may include 10+ additional offshore oil lease sales.

Requiring significant changes after the fact to awarded projects is just as unlawful as simply withholding the funding

Earthjustice, on behalf of nonprofits and small farmers, sued the Trump administration for unlawfully withholding grant funds appropriated by Congress through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).

Laura Beth Resnick of Butterbee Farm and Hana Vizcarra, attorney at Earthjustice, explain how Americans are stuck with the bill when the federal government reneges on its Inflation Reduction Act commitments.

Jill Tauber, VP of Litigation for Climate and Energy, Earthjustice: “The president cannot come in and say, ‘We’re not doing that, we’re not following the law that Congress legislated.’ That’s a violation of separation of powers.”

The Trump administration is reneging on the federal government’s funding promises, leading to lost compensation to workers, hiring freezes, and halted construction projects.

Retener fondos prometidos desperdicia dinero ya gastado en proyectos sin completar y perjudica a los trabajadores alrededor del país.

Withholding promised funds wastes money already spent on projects left unfinished and hurts working people across the country

Earthjustice sued the Trump administration on behalf of nonprofits and small farmers for unlawfully withholding grant funds appropriated by Congress through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).

La administración Trump está incumpliendo las promesas de financiación del gobierno federal, lo que ha provocado pérdidas de compensaciones a los trabajadores, congelamientos de contrataciones y una pausa en proyectos de construcción.

Letter to the Energy and Natural Resources Committee opposing S. 714 (Critical Mineral Consistency Act).

“We elected our leaders to work for us, not corporate polluters.”

Hana Vizcarra, Attorney, National Climate: “There’s harm to the communities they’re working in because if they’re unable to move forward with projects or have stalled those projects, that has an impact on the communities.”