A Supreme Court decision expected within days could affect thousands of federal grant recipients battling the Trump administration over the termination of their funding for projects including for climate and environmental justice work. The case on the high court’s “shadow docket” of emergency cases centers on the National Institutes of Health’s attempt to cancel hundreds of millions of dollars in research grants awarded to scientists and universities. … Lawyers are awaiting the Supreme Court decision — which could come at any time — for hints of how challenges to EPA’s termination of grants could be treated by lower courts or the Supreme Court itself. The latest briefs were filed with the Supreme Court on Monday.

Other environmental funding news:

• The Sacramento Bee: Sacramento nonprofits respond to loss of federal tree grant funds
• Inside Climate News: Environmental groups, EPA spar in court over Trump’s cancellation of resiliency funding
• Rolling Stone: As Trump guts climate justice work, coastal cities are pushing back