2026-08-04T17:35:39.158Z / 路透社
8月4日（路透社）——美国一家联邦上诉法院表示，美国环境保护署（EPA）不得冻结向多家非营利组织发放的约200亿美元清洁能源拨款，这对特朗普政府来说是一次挫败。
华盛顿特区美国上诉法院周二以分歧裁决推翻了此前的裁定，恢复了2025年4月的禁制令，叫停了EPA Administrator李·泽尔丁（Lee Zeldin）终止这些拨款的决定。这些拨款是拜登政府时期获批的，旨在减少温室气体排放。
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这笔资金将用于所谓的“国家清洁投资基金”和“清洁社区投资加速器”项目，预计将助力可再生能源项目的融资，包括那些此前难以获得绿色融资的社区。
资金来自“温室气体减排基金”，这是2022年美国国会在前民主党总统乔·拜登任内通过《通胀削减法案》设立的270亿美元专项计划，当时没有共和党议员投下赞成票。
EPA表示正在审议该裁决，下一步可能会向美国最高法院提起上诉。非营利组织的代理律师未立即回应置评请求。
泽尔丁于2025年3月申请冻结这些拨款，称其不符合EPA的优先事项，且可能存在欺诈、浪费和滥用资金的问题。
此前的禁制令要求发放存在争议的拨款，但在EPA上诉期间，该禁制令曾被暂停执行。
不得基于政策分歧收回资金
去年9月，该上诉法院以2比1的投票结果支持EPA，裁定非营利组织应向联邦索赔法院提起诉讼——该法院专门审理针对联邦政府的金钱索赔案件。
而在周二的裁决中，该院由10名法官组成的合议庭出现了对等分裂，最终维持了全部禁制令，其中6名法官支持与拨款相关的具体条款。
多数方法官认为，EPA“仅基于政策分歧”终止拨款并收回资金的尝试，很可能违反了《通胀削减法案》，且EPA未作出任何保证，称如果禁制令被解除，它不会再动用这笔资金。
另有四名法官主张撤销与拨款相关的条款。他们援引的依据是，美国国会去年通过了共和党总统唐纳德·特朗普的《一项宏伟美丽法案》（One Big Beautiful Bill Act），该法案废除了2022年法案中设立该拨款项目的条款。
这笔存在争议的资金目前由花旗集团托管，已发放给气候联合基金（Climate United Fund）、绿色资本联盟（Coalition for Green Capital）以及多家美国州属实体等多家机构。
乔纳森·斯坦普尔（Jonathan Stempel）纽约报道；奥罗拉·埃利斯（Aurora Ellis）编辑
EPA cannot block billions in climate grants, US appeals court rules
2026-08-04T17:35:39.158Z / Reuters
Aug 4 (Reuters) – A federal appeals court said the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency cannot freeze about $20 billion of clean energy grants awarded to several nonprofit groups, handing a defeat to the Trump administration.
Tuesday’s decision by a divided U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. restored an April 2025 injunction against EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin’s decision to terminate the grants, which had been awarded during the Biden administration with a goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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The money for so-called National Clean Investment Fund and Clean Communities Investment Accelerator entities was expected to help fund renewable energy products, including in communities that have lacked access to green financing.
Funds came from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, a $27 billion program established in 2022 by Congress in former Democratic President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act. No Republicans voted for that law.
The EPA said it is reviewing the decision. Its next steps could include an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. Lawyers for the nonprofits did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Zeldin sought to freeze the grants in March 2025, saying they did not align with his agency’s priorities and might be tainted by fraud, waste and abuse.
The injunction required the disbursement of the disputed funds, but was put on hold while the EPA appealed.
NO CLAWBACK BASED ON POLICY DISAGREEMENT
Last September, the appeals court sided with the agency, voting 2-1 that the nonprofits should have sued in the Court of Federal Claims, which hears monetary claims against the government.
In Tuesday’s decision, an equally divided 10-judge panel of the court upheld the entire injunction, while six judges upheld the specific provision governing the grants.
The majority said the EPA’s attempt to terminate the grants and claw back funds “based solely on a policy disagreement” likely violated the Inflation Reduction Act, and the EPA provided no assurance it would leave the funds alone if the injunction were lifted.
Four judges would have vacated the provision governing the grants. They cited Congress’ passage last year of Republican President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which repealed the section of the 2022 law creating the grant program.
The disputed funds were being held by Citibank, and awarded to several entities such as the Climate United Fund, Coalition for Green Capital and various U.S. state-sponsored entities.
Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Editing by Aurora Ellis
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