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The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday terminated a $7 billion grant program that was intended to help pay for residentialIt’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, was awarded to 60 recipients including states, tribes and regions for investments such as rooftop solar and community solar gardens.The Environmental Protection Agency eliminated a $7 billion grant program from the Biden administration to help low-income homes across the U.S. have solar power.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.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. Heartbroken mom of NYC designer found dead at ritzy Montauk yacht club speaks out as mystery rocks LI enclaveUnfiltered Trump critic Rep. Crockett is a no-show boss from hell who terrorizes staffers, aides say: 'All diva, no wow' The fund set aside $20 billion in “green bank” 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!”The latest move by the Trump administration will have close to 900,000 households across the nation lose access to solar energy in their homes.Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt, who introduced the Solar for All program to slash electric bills for working families, called Zeldin’s action illegal. “Solar for All means lower utility bills, many thousands of good-paying jobs and real action to address the existential threat of climate change,″ Sanders said in a statement. “At a time when working families are getting crushed by skyrocketing energy costs and the planet is literally burning, sabotaging this program isn’t just wrong — it’s absolutely insane. We will fight back to preserve this enormously important program.”In a statement, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said, “Today, the Trump EPA is announcing that we are ending Solar for All for good, saving US taxpayers ANOTHER $7 BILLION!”Zeldin called them “a clear cut case of waste and abuse” and a “gold bar” scheme earlier this year. The EPA has argued that the tax and policy bill law repealed the green bank and allows the agency to rescind the money it has already obligated.They say the bulk of the money had already been disbursed and isn’t affected by the law. Grant recipients have filed lawsuits challenging the administration’s actions, and a judge ruled in April the EPA cannot freeze the contracts. Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, the top Democrat on the Senate Environment Committee, called Zeldin’s elimination of the solar program a betrayal “that will further hike electricity costs and make our power grid less reliable.”Heartbroken mom of NYC designer found dead at ritzy Montauk yacht club speaks out as mystery rocks LI enclaveJennifer Lopez refused entry into Chanel store — and has surprising reaction: reportThe Environmental Protection Agency eliminated a $7 billion grant program from the Biden administration to help low-income homes across the U.S. have solar power.The latest move by the Trump administration will have close to 900,000 households across the nation lose access to solar energy in their homes.In a statement, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said, “Today, the Trump EPA is announcing that we are ending Solar for All for good, saving US taxpayers ANOTHER $7 BILLION!”
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