A federal judge has ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) acted arbitrarily when it froze the accounts of three nonprofits. The judge issued a restraining order requiring the EPA and Citibank to restore access to funds. The nonprofits, recipients of grants from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, challenged the EPA's vague claims of waste and fraud. The judge found no substantiated evidence for the EPA's actions, which could cause irreparable harm to the nonprofits. One plaintiff, Climate United, has committed $392 million to various projects impacted by the freeze.