{"id":5597,"date":"2025-08-08T10:18:34","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T14:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weact.org\/?post_type=update&p=5597"},"modified":"2026-02-16T21:12:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T02:12:35","slug":"epas-cancellation-of-solar-for-all-grants-will-increase-energy-costs-and-pollution-in-overburdened-communities","status":"publish","type":"update","link":"https:\/\/weact.org\/es\/updates\/epas-cancellation-of-solar-for-all-grants-will-increase-energy-costs-and-pollution-in-overburdened-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"EPA’s Cancellation of Solar for All Grants Will Increase Energy Costs and Pollution in Overburdened Communities"},"template":"","class_list":["post-5597","update","type-update","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","update_type-press-release","focus_tax-climate-justice","focus_tax-energy-justice","focus_tax-healthy-homes","person_tax-anastasia-gordon"],"acf":{"details":{"":null,"featured_image":5221,"update_type":[366],"focus_area":[7,6,10],"authors":[226],"abstract":""},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_hero_links","acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_hero_links":{"title":"","abstract":"","links":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/span>\r\n<\/span>August 8, 2025<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Contact: Ashley Sullivan, ashley.sullivan@weact.org, 1 (917) 837 \u2013 1183<\/span>\r\n\r\nWASHINGTON -<\/b> This week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)<\/span> announced their intention to terminate all 60 grants already awarded under the $7 billion Solar for All program. <\/span><\/a>Under the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF), the Solar for All program would have delivered <\/span>low cost, clean, renewable energy to more than 900,000 lower-income and disadvantaged communities across the country<\/span><\/a>. This would have helped cut pollution, improve energy affordability, create good quality jobs, and make communities more climate resilient.\u00a0 The cancellation represents another piece of an ongoing effort by the Trump administration\u2019s EPA to reverse progress at the expense of already overburdened and under-resourced communities.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nOne in three people across the U.S. <\/span>struggle to pay energy bills.<\/span><\/a> Low-income, Black, Hispanic, and disadvantaged households already spend a <\/span>greater amount of their income on energy bills<\/span><\/a>, and are more exposed to <\/span>greater air pollution<\/span><\/a> from fossil fuel energy production as well as <\/span>growing extreme heat.<\/span><\/a> Solar for All investments are a win-win for everyone, as they are intended to cut household electricity costs by <\/span>20 percent, with the goal to lower electricity bills for participating households by $400 each year.<\/span><\/a> This program answers all of these public health and energy concerns with tangible outcomes as seen in <\/span>Georgia<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Michigan<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>Nevada<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nWE ACT for Environmental Justice, in coalition with partners including the Equitable and Just National Climate Forum, strongly supported the <\/span>creation of the GGRF as part of the Inflation Reduction Act.<\/span><\/a> This investment would not have been possible without the firm advocacy of countless environmental justice groups and communities from across the U.S.\r\n\r\n<\/span>Anastasia Gordon, Director of Federal Policy at WE ACT for Environmental Justice shared,\r\n
\u201c Cutting the popular and transformational Solar for All program is yet another attack on environmental justice and progress. It strips billions of dollars from a program designed to deliver clean, affordable energy to low-income and communities of color\u2014communities already burdened by pollution, high energy costs, and systemic neglect. This decision is part of the administration's efforts to move us backwards and will perpetuate environmental racism, deepen health disparities, and it betrays the EPA\u2019s mission to protect people and the environment.\u201d<\/span>\r\n<\/span><\/blockquote>\r\n

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