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Environmental groups are vowing to fight after the Trump administration canceled the grant funding a no-cost rooftop solar program in Georgia.
The Environmental Protection Agency has announced it’s canceling the $7 billion Solar for All grant program, part of the Biden administration’s signature climate law. In a statement on social media, EPA administrator Lee Zeldin said the budget reconciliation bill signed by President Trump last month eliminated the authority for the 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,″ he 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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