A federal judge says some nonprofits awarded billions for a so-called green bank to finance clean energy and climate-friendly projects cannot have their contracts scrapped and must have access to some of the frozen money. The ruling is a defeat for President Donald Trump's Environmental Protection Agency, which argues the program is rife with financial mismanagement.The order late Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan "gives us a chance to breathe after the EPA unlawfully 바카라 게임 웹사이트� and without due process 바카라 게임 웹사이트� terminated our awards and blocked access to funds that were appropriated by Congress and legally obligated,바카라 게임 웹사이트� said Climate United CEO Beth Bafford.The lawsuit by Climate United Fund and other groups contends that the EPA, Administrator Lee Zeldin and Citibank, which held the grant money, illegally blocked the funds awarded last year and had jeopardized the organizations' operations.Chutkan said Citibank must provide the money that was due to the nonprofits before the EPA had frozen their accounts in mid-February. The EPA immediately appealed.The Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, commonly referred to as a 바카라 게임 웹사이트�green bank,바카라 게임 웹사이트� was authorized by the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act under Democratic President Joe Biden. Its goals run counter to the Trump administration바카라 게임 웹사이트�s opposition to climate-friendly policies and its embrace of fossil fuels. Zeldin quickly made the bank a target, characterizing the $20 billion in grants as a 바카라 게임 웹사이트�gold bar바카라 게임 웹사이트� scheme marred by conflicts of interest and potential fraud.A federal prosecutor resigned after being asked to open a criminal investigation, saying there was not enough evidence to move ahead. The FBI and Treasury Department, in coordination with the EPA, pressured Citibank to freeze the grants, which it did, according to the nonprofits.Last month, Zeldin announced the termination of the grants, saying 바카라 게임 웹사이트�well documented incidents of misconduct, conflicts of interest, and potential fraud raise significant concerns and pose unacceptable risk.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Chutkan paused that move, saying the government provided no significant evidence of wrongdoing. But the Republican administration, in a recent filing, asserted it was allowed to end the contracts based on oversight concerns and shifting priorities.바카라 게임 웹사이트�EPA바카라 게임 웹사이트�s new admission that it 바카라 게임 웹사이트�did not terminate for Plaintiffs바카라 게임 웹사이트� noncompliance바카라 게임 웹사이트� ... confirms that EPA바카라 게임 웹사이트�s invocation of 바카라 게임 웹사이트�waste, fraud, and abuse바카라 게임 웹사이트� was arbitrary and pretextual바카라 게임 웹사이트� the nonprofits said in a court filing.Molly Vaseliou, the EPA's associate administrator for public affairs, contended that the court lacked the power to reinstate the money. She did not provide any new evidence and repeated unsubstantiated allegations of program abuse and conflicts of interest."We couldn바카라 게임 웹사이트�t be more confident in the merits of our appeal,바카라 게임 웹사이트� she said in a statement.The government has told the court the case is 바카라 게임 웹사이트�just a run-of-the-mill (albeit large) contract dispute."That argument is important because it could move the case to a different court that can only award a lump sum and not force the government to keep the grants in place.