Judge Temporarily Stops E.P.A. From Clawing Back $14 Billion in Climate Grants

A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order on Tuesday blocking the Environmental Protection Agency from pulling $14 billion in climate grant funding out of accounts at Citibank, where it has been held since late last year.The grant funding has been caught up in a controversy for the last month after Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A.’s administrator, repeatedly suggested that the funds were vulnerable to fraud and…