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Federal courts are mounting a strong legal challenge against the Trump administration’s efforts to roll back environmental protections, with over half of recent cases ruling against the EPA’s attempts to end climate grants and reverse air quality rules. Despite the agency’s claims of lacking authority, judges have reaffirmed stricter pollution standards, signaling a growing judicial resistance to deregulation. While the EPA has found some success in tweaking emissions calculations, it’s stumbled repeatedly on high-stakes grant terminations, with courts calling those moves arbitrary and unlawful. With billions at stake and climate action hanging in the balance, this legal tug-of-war underscores the deepening conflict between regulatory enforcement and political rollback.

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