David Wright at Ocean State Media reports the Rhode Island AFL-CIO and a coalition of homeowners, solar energy companies and non-profits are suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its termination of $7 billion in grants meant to help low- and moderate-income families install solar panels. The suit concerns the Solar for All Program, which was part of the Biden Administration’s signature climate legislation. The lawsuit accuses the EPA of illegally clawing-back funding without Congressional approval. Rhode Island AFL-CIO President Patrick Crowley said cancelling the program means losing hundreds of jobs in the state. Nationally, the program was projected to generate 200,000 new jobs. “It’s going to limit the amount of work opportunities for the Members that I represent to do solar installation,” Crowley said. “It’s going to lead to increased energy costs, because without solar energy as part of an ‘all of the above strategy,’ it means that Rhode Island is going to be subject to more turbulence in the electricity market, like we’ve seen over the last several winters.”

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