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‘Solar for All’ Victories and the Future of Grantee Litigation

A rainbow arcs across a blue sky over a suburban neighborhood with red-roofed houses, many covered in solar panels, and green fields in the distance.

Two courts vacated U.S. EPA’s termination of solar funds. Guest contributor Adam Earl King outlines what to watch for on appeal.

Guest contributor Adam Earl King is a student at The University of Texas School of Law (JD ’27) and a Summer ’26 Legal Research Assistant at UC Berkeley’s CLEE. This time last year, local-government and non-profit grantees’ hearts dropped when EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced via X that he’s ending the “boondoggle.” The so-called “boondoggle” …

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