Amid Paused Solar Funding, EPA Floats Workforce Reductions

Inside Climate News · By Jake Bolster · last updated January 31, 2025 – 7:12 AM

Solar For All, its funding paused by a Trump executive order, would be just one of the programs to lose support if the agency goes through with mass-firings.

By Jake Bolster

The Trump administration has informed EPA employees in the Solar for All program that they could be “immediately terminated” as recent hires, now that funding for the Biden administration initiative for helping homeowners in low-income communities install solar panels has been frozen pending further review.

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