EPA cancels $7 billion Biden-era grant program to boost solar energy

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/epa-cancels-7-billion-biden-185402165.html

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  1. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday terminated a $7 billion grant program that was intended to help pay for residential solar projects for more than 900,000 lower-income U.S. households.

    It’s the latest Trump administration move hindering the nation’s shift to cleaner energy.

    The funding, part of Democratic President Joe Biden’s [Solar for All program](https://apnews.com/article/biden-earth-day-solar-grants-epa-climate-5bece7e419e9141241287575abb0fefc), was awarded to 60 recipients including states, tribes and regions for investments such as rooftop solar and community solar gardens.

    Solar, a renewable energy, is widely regarded as a way to introduce cleaner power onto the electrical grid and lower energy bills for American consumers.

    EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said in a statement on social media that authority for the program was eliminated under the tax-and-spending bill signed last month by Republican President [Donald Trump](https://www.yahoo.com/people/donald-trump/). The law eliminated the [Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund](https://apnews.com/article/green-bank-biden-epa-clean-energy-solar-317513a5d6eae45e6e4cc0239dd0c89c) that was approved under the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act. The fund set aside [$20 billion in “green bank”](https://apnews.com/article/epa-billions-clean-green-energy-community-grants-8f6c76cb41783a5e838ac4f7f7cce086) money for community development projects to boost renewable energy, and an additional $7 billion for the solar program.

    “The bottom line is this: EPA no longer has the statutory authority to administer the program or the appropriated funds to keep this boondoggle alive,″ Zeldin said. “Today, the Trump EPA is announcing that we are ending Solar for All for good, saving US taxpayers ANOTHER $7 BILLION!”

    Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt, who introduced the Solar for All program to slash electric bills for working families, called Zeldin’s action illegal.

  5. Disgusting behavior. When will the masses realize that TRUMP DOESN’T CARE ABOUT YOU. He would rather see you die than use “his” money

  6. It’s going to cost us all many times more than that in wasted spending on too-expensive energy because of this.

    Tens of billions of wasted capital, at least. 

    All to line the pockets of fossil fuel companies. 

  11. It’s truly no wonder Russia and China spread misinformation to help the orange doofus get elected. He’s better at destroying the USA than if Putin himself was in charge

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