Christine Ho, christine.ho@sierraclub.org
Washington, D.C. - According to reporting, the Environmental Protection Agency plans to rescind all $7 billion of Solar For All grants.
The Solar For All grant was passed into law as part of the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022 to expand access to affordable and reliable solar energy to low-income regions across the country. 60 projects have been awarded a total of $7 billion in federal grants. If these projects are completed, nearly one million homes in the United States will benefit from solar power.
In 2024, the United States’ domestic solar energy production hit a record-breaking 50 GW of capacity, and as of 2023, the solar energy sector employed more than 263,000 Americans.
This is just the latest in a series of actions the Trump administration has taken in recent weeks, including tightening restrictions for federal leases for renewable energy projects, rescinding all designated wind areas on the outer continental shelf, and eliminating the EPA’s Office of Research and Development.
In response, Sierra Club Climate Policy Director Patrick Drupp issued the following response:
“Solar energy is cheaper, cleaner, and more reliable than dirty fossil fuels. By rescinding these grants, Donald Trump is denying our most vulnerable communities a resource that would have helped alleviate their financial burdens and improved their quality of life.
“Nothing could be more hypocritical than touting a made-up 'energy emergency' to prop up fossil fuels while at the same time taking a sledgehammer to renewable energy projects. We will not stand by as Trump continues this dangerous, cruel agenda.”
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