The move comes just one day before a federal judge will hold a hearing in a lawsuit brought by one of the grant recipients seeking access to the funds held in a Citibank account that the Trump administration had frozen while it probed the program.

The Environmental Protection Agency said it has terminated grant agreements worth $20 billion issued by the Biden administration under a so-called green bank to finance climate-friendly projects

Administrator Lee Zeldin said Tuesday night that he has terminated $20 billion in green bank grants that were funded by the Democrats’ climate, tax and health care law. Since taking office, Zeldin has railed against the program,