Lee Zeldin, the manager of the Environmental Protection Agency, announced on x Today the solar energy is closed for all the subsidy program. This announcement follows the Sunteting of the Trump government of many inflation reduction ACT -Stims that strengthen the Domestic Zonne -Zonne -Zon -Zon through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (HR1).
Solar for everyone was adopted by law as part of the IRA to extend access to affordable solar energy to regions with a low income throughout the country. Sixty projects have received a total of $ 7 billion in federal subsidies. When these projects are completed, almost a million houses in the United States will benefit from solar energy. The EPA is said to send termination letters to those subsidy recipients, according to the New York Times.
“Solar energy is cheaper, cleaner and more reliable than dirty fossil fuels,” said Patrick Drupp, policy director of the Sierra Club. “By withdrawing these subsidies, Donald Trump and Lee Zeldin deny our most vulnerable communities that would have helped to alleviate their financial burdens and to have improved their quality of life.”
This is only the last in a series of actions that the Trump administration has taken in recent weeks, including the tightening of limitations for federal lease contracts for renewable energy projects, the withdrawal of all designated wind areas on the outer continental board and eliminating the Office of Research and Development of the EPA.
In 2024, the domestic solar energy production of the United States reached a record-breaking 50 GW capacity, and from 2023 the solar energy sector worked more than in 263,000 Americans.
“Nothing could be more hypocritical than the promotion of an invented ‘energy law’ to support fossil fuels, while at the same time taking a front hammer to projects for renewable energy consumption,” said Drupp. “We will not be over, because Trump continues this dangerous, cruel agenda.”
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