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Federal judge restores $7B Solar for All program, says EPA illegally axed it

A Trump-appointed judge said the One Big Beautiful Bill Act did not convert the funding into "a lump-sum amount subject to EPA's discretion." Defendants acted contrary to Congress' intent and with "no other statutory authority" when they terminated it, she said.

Federal judge restores $7B Solar for All program, says EPA illegally axed it

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A Trump-appointed judge said the One Big Beautiful Bill Act did not convert the funding into "a lump-sum amount subject to EPA's discretion." Defendants acted contrary to Congress' intent and with "no other...

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A Trump-appointed judge said the One Big Beautiful Bill Act did not convert the funding into "a lump-sum amount subject to EPA's discretion." Defendants acted contrary to Congress' intent and with "no other statutory authority" when they terminated it, she said.

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A Trump-appointed judge said the One Big Beautiful Bill Act did not convert the funding into "a lump-sum amount subject to EPA's discretion." Defendants acted contrary to Congress' intent and with "no other statutory authority" when they terminated it, she said.

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