A federal appeals court has overturned a lower court’s ruling that prevented the Trump administration from clawing back billions of dollars in climate spending.

The 2-1 decision from a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., vacated a lower court ruling that would have prevented the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from recouping billions issued for climate-friendly projects under the Biden administration.

The decision, from President Trump appointees Neomi Rao and Gregory Katsas, is expected to enable the administration to rescind unspent funding from the $20 billion program.

The funds in question are part of a $20 billion “Green Bank” program that passed as part of the Democrats’ 2022 Inflation Reduction Act.

Last year, under that law, the Biden administration doled out money

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