A swift legal counter to the Trump Adminstration’s pullback of $3.5 billion worth of Department of Energy (DOE) grants for scientific research been issued by a group of research universities. NBC News reports the challenge by MIT, Brown, and other top U.S. schools to reverse the decision "in the national interest." Last month, the White House also canceled EPA grants from 2024 that include $116 million for 21 universities to create new Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for clean building projects. The administration has targeted universities and environmental groups with criminal actions and other threats since the hours immediately after its inauguration.