This episode digs into how the Trump Administration has rolled back decades of clean energy progress—through sweeping executive orders, budget cuts, and cancelled programs—and how those moves are hitting communities of color, the poor, and Indigenous Nations the hardest. Leah shares her own loss of work in environmental justice, and we break down what that means in real terms: higher energy bills, fewer clean-energy jobs, loss of protections, and more pollution in the places that already bear the worst burdens.

Relevant Information and Links:

• The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is terminating the $7 billion “Solar for All” program — a key initiative intended to bring solar access to low-income and disadvantaged communities.
  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/epa-considers-ending-solar-for-all-program-funding/
• There is also a broader regulatory rollback: dozens of Biden-era environmental, climate, and clean air protections are being dismantled or suspended.
  https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/EELP-Environmental-and-Energy-Executive-Orders-Jan.-2025.pdf
• What’s Left of Federal Environmental Justice
• Wiring the Divide: The Impact of Redlining on Electric Infrastructure
• Race: The Power of an Illusion

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