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Federal Judge Rules Against Trump Administration Over Canceled Clean Energy Grants

The Solar for All program was intended to provide dozens of grants for clean energy programs in underserved communities. The Trump-appointed judge said the program’s termination was unlawful.

By Amy Green

 Workers install no-cost solar panels on the rooftop of a low-income house on Oct. 19, 2023, in Pomona, Calif. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images
Workers repair a water main break that flooded streets and homes in southwest Detroit in February 2025. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Underserved Communities Again Ask Courts to Restore Justice Grant Funding

By Amy Green
Philadelphia schools planned to use federal tax credits to help fund projects as part of the statewide Solar for Schools program. Credit: Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Trump’s ‘Short-Sighted’ Cuts Jeopardize Philadelphia’s Clean Energy Future

By Daniel Perrin
Sen. Susan Collins enters the U.S. Captiol on Jan. 27 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Heather Diehl/Getty Images

Susan Collins and Climate Change: ‘The Silence is Deafening’

By Nathaniel Eisen
An aerial view of the Altamont Pass wind farm on Jan. 13 in Livermore, Calif. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

House Democrats Want Clean Energy Tax Credits Back

By Arcelia Martin
The E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse for the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals is seen on Dec. 30, 2025. Credit: Heather Diehl/Getty Images

One Year After Green Bank’s Demise, Court Mulls Future of Grant-Based Climate Policy

By Marianne Lavelle
The photo in the White House shows other administration officials and coal miners.

As the Trump EPA Prepares to Revoke Key Legal Finding on Climate Change, What Happens Next?

By Marianne Lavelle
President Donald Trump signs a series of executive orders at the White House on Jan. 20 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Breach of Contract or Constitutional Crisis?

By Lisa Sorg
Nonprofits working in environmental justice communities like this one, in Pueblo, Colorado, have filed a notice of appeal in federal court in a lawsuit they filed to secure grants provided through the Inflation Reduction Act that the Trump administration rescinded in early 2025. Credit: RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Environmentalists and Local Governments Appeal Dismissal of Case Over Trump’s Cancellation of Justice Grants

By Charles Paullin
Solar panels, installed as part of the Department of Agriculture’s Rural Energy for America Program, are seen at the Wooly Pig Farm Brewery in Fresno, Ohio. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

The US Department of Agriculture Bans Support for Renewables, a Lifeline for Farmers

By Georgina Gustin
Vice President JD Vance (left) and Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin speak to the press outside on recovery efforts from Hurricane Helene in Damascus, Va., in January 2025. Nonprofits in parts of Southwest Virginia devastated by the storm want a restoration of climate resiliency funding terminated by the Trump administration. Credit: Ben Curtis/AFP via Getty Images

Environmental Groups, EPA Spar In Court Over Trump’s Cancellation of Resiliency Funding

By Charles Paullin
A Volkswagen ID.4 EV charges at a shopping mall parking lot in Torrance, Calif., on Feb. 23, 2024. Credit: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

As Consumer Tax Credits Vanish, What Do You Need to Know?

By Dan Gearino
A view of an urban solar farm in Chicago. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Shine On: Illinois Hopes to Continue Solar Boom Despite Federal Headwinds

By Douglas J. Guth
Exterior construction was just about complete at the LG Energy Solution-Honda joint venture battery plant in October 2024 near Jeffersonville, Ohio. Credit: Honda

What Does the ‘Big Beautiful’ Debate Tell Us About the Politics of the IRA?

By Dan Gearino
A view of Dominion Energy’s Myrtle Solar project in Suffolk, Va. Credit: Charles Paullin/Inside Climate News

Trump’s Budget Wish Could Threaten Billions in Clean Energy Investment in Virginia

By Charles Paullin
From left: Reps. Scott Perry (R-Pa.), Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.), Chip Roy (R-Texas), Eric Burlison (R-Mo.), Andy Harris (R-Md.), Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) and Clay Higgins (R-La.) talk to the press about ongoing negotiations over the "One, Big, Beautiful Bill" at the Capitol Building on May 21. Credit: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

House Republicans Have Passed a Bill to Gut the IRA. What Happened to All the Supposed Holdouts?

By Dan Gearino
Farmers participate in a regenerative agriculture workshop on May 31, 2022, in Cimarron, N.M. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Federal Judge Orders Trump Administration to Restore Environmental Grant Funding

By Amy Green
Members of the House Ways and Means Committee participate in a markup hearing focused on the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” in the Longworth House Building on May 13 in Washington, D.C.Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Congress Begins Repeal of Clean Energy Tax Credits With ‘Sledgehammer Approach’

By Marianne Lavelle, Dan Gearino
Jackie Robinson, lead instructor at the Energy Coordinating Agency, shows off a heat pump in his Philadelphia laboratory on April 22. Robinson and other instructors prepare hundreds of students each year for careers in HVAC and energy efficiency. Credit: Kyle Bagenstose/Inside Climate News

As Federal Incentive Rollbacks Loom, Could the Heat Pump Revolution Stall Out?

By Kyle Bagenstose

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