The judge also found that the nonprofits will “suffer imminent, irreparable harm” if they don’t gain access to their funding.

A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Citibank after the agency unilaterally terminated billions of dollars in climate funding grants awarded to three nonprofit organizations.

A U.S. judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from recovering grant funds issued as part of a $20 billion climate funding program that President Donald Trump's administration has moved to terminate.