Nearly $200 million worth of green energy funding for Arkansas has been unfrozen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency after the Trump administration put a halt on the money as part of an ongoing overhaul of federal government spending.
The funding, including $100 million for Central Arkansas economic planning agency Metroplan, and over $93 million for Hope Enterprise Corporation to implement the Solar for All program, was halted by the Trump funding freezes. The two clean energy programs were awarded last year and would build out clean infrastructure across large portions of the state.
The Biden administration’s signature legislation, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, created dozens of programs intended on investing in green energy and reducing carbon emissions.
Both Metroplan and Hope Enterprise Corporation applied for competitive grants and received them while Biden was president. Metroplan’s Climate…
