IPC is among the grantees suing the EPA for damages in addition to the awarded funds.

About a week later, another federal judge for the A U.S. District Court judge for the District of Columbia came to a similar conclusion.

But Judge Mary McElroy of the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island said in her ruling that “Congress's clear intent was that EPA continue to administer the already obligated SFA grants.

O’Neill said that as a result of the funding termination, her organization and its coalition partners had to cut staff.

‘The ball is in EPA’s court’ IPC reaches out to EPA “every week ... but has not gotten engagement,” O’Neill said.