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EPA moves to claw back $7B 'Solar for All' funds

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will try to claw back $7 billion doled out by the Biden administration to provide rooftop solar power in disadvantaged communities.

Under the Biden-era program, money left the federal government and was distributed to 60 entities including states, nonprofits, tribes and local governments. Those entities were expected to use the $7 billion passed as part of the Democrats’ 2022 Inflation Reduction Act to fund subgrantees who would help get the solar energy installed. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced in a post on the social platform X on Thursday that he intends to end the program, known as Solar for All, “for good, saving US taxpayers ANOTHER $7 BILLION!” He said in a video accom

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