EPA Solar Program Cuts Draw Lawsuit From Businesses, Nonprofits

A group of businesses and nonprofits sued the Trump administration Monday alleging the Environmental Protection Agency illegally canceled the $7 billion “Solar for All” program.

The Rhode Island AFL-CIO and other nonprofit groups and businesses linked to other states said if the program is killed, “nearly one million low-income households will lose access to affordable, resilient solar in communities in all states and territories, and hundreds of thousands of good-paying, high-quality jobs will be lost.”

The plaintiffs allege the EPA is violating both the US Constitution and the Administrative Procedure Act.

The organizations bringing the suit in the US District ...