Trump administration cancels Georgia free solar program

Solar panels line a farm in Lee County, Georgia that power a data center for Meta in Atlanta.
Solar panels line a farm in Lee County, Georgia that power a data center for Meta near Atlanta. (Matthew Pearson/WABE)

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Environmental groups are vowing to fight after the Trump administration canceled the grant funding for a no-cost rooftop solar program in Georgia.

The Environmental Protection Agency has announced it’s canceling the $7 billion Solar for All grant program, part of the Biden administration’s signature climate law. In a statement on social media, EPA administrator Lee Zeldin said the budget reconciliation bill signed by President Trump last month eliminated the authority for the program.