The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is considering a plan to terminate $7 billion in federal grants allocated to help an estimated 900,000 low- and middle-income households install rooftop solar panels. These grants, known as the “Solar for All” program, were awarded and set to be distributed to 60 state agencies, tribes, and nonprofit organizations across the country and had the potential to significantly lower monthly energy costs for families through rooftop and community solar.

Yesterday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it would delay implementing stronger safeguards on methane pollution that were previously passed under the Biden Administration. The agency is now allowing states an extra 10 months to submit plans to reduce methane emissions and is pushing back by 18 months a key feature of the 2024 rule that would allow independent third parties to detect and report the worst polluters—so-called “super emitters.”

Yesterday, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin released a plan to rescind the endangerment finding. Jaime Butler, Communications Associate for the Evangelical Environmental Network, released the following statement of opposition, highlighting the implications of the EPA’s proposal for the state of Michigan.