# US court deals blow to Trump’s bid to scrap climate grant programme

https://mins.news/en/item/13024

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-04 20:35 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/4/us-court-deals-blow-to-trumps-bid-to-scrap-climate-grant-programme?traffic_source=rss

> A US federal appeals court has indicated that the Environmental Protection Agency likely acted unlawfully when it sought to cancel clean-energy grants created under Biden. The finding represents a setback for Trump’s effort to eliminate the climate grant programme. The court’s view centers on whether the agency had legal authority to withdraw the funding.

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