A federal judge appointed by Trump has ruled the EPA's termination of the $7 billion Solar for All program was unlawful, siding with a coalition that included Lawyers for Good Government. The judge found Congress intended the EPA to keep administering the already-obligated grants, which fund clean energy access in disadvantaged communities. The EPA must now release the withheld funds, though it says it may appeal.

A federal judge has ruled the Trump administration's EPA illegally canceled the $7 billion Solar for All program, siding with a coalition that included Lawyers for Good Government. Judge Mary S. McElroy found the EPA had no authority to claw back already-obligated IRA funds, which included $49.3 million for Rhode Island alone. The EPA says it may appeal.

Utility Dive publishes an op-ed by Lawyers for Good Government Director of Clean Energy, Edward Yim, making the case for federal support of community-scale solar and storage. He notes these projects make up at least 20% of U.S. solar installed and calls on Congress to preserve elective pay and restore tax incentives for community-scale clean energy.

The Washington Post covers the federal court ruling ordering the Trump administration to reinstate the $7 billion Solar for All grant program, with Lawyers for Good Government Senior Vice President for Climate Change and Environmental Justice Jillian Blanchard quoted on the decision — confirming that "EPA cannot erase a $7 billion program that Congress created and funded" and that families had faced higher energy bills for over a year while billions in clean energy funding sat out of reach.

Bloomberg Law covers the federal court ruling striking down the Trump administration's termination of the EPA's $7 billion Solar for All program, with Lawyers for Good Government Senior Vice President for Climate Change and Environmental Justice Jillian Blanchard quoted on the decision — affirming that "EPA cannot erase a $7 billion program that Congress created and funded."

Bloomberg covers the Trump administration's many steps to reshape and shrink the scope of federal environmental protection, met with a flood of legal challenges from companies, environmental groups, and state officials, a shift that Lawyers for Good Government's Jillian Blanchard says feels like a turning tide.

U.S. News & World Report examines how the Trump administration's anti-DEI policies are stalling public-health initiatives, featuring analysis from Lawyers for Good Government attorney Jillian Blanchard.

Circle of Blue reports on Puerto Rico entering a third month without reliable running water as infrastructure falters, citing Lawyers for Good Government's work on the island's infrastructure and environmental challenges.

Bloomberg reports that several Trump administration environmental rollbacks have been blocked in court, while some smaller rule changes have survived legal challenges.

A POLITICO analysis finds that while the administration wiped out hundreds of billions in clean-energy tax breaks, spending has been harder to unwind.

The New York Times reports on the possible phaseout of IRA rebates for home appliance upgrades and clean-energy affordability.

Tax-exempt organizations in Michigan that installed solar panels, EV chargers, or other clean energy equipment in 2025 can claim federal rebates worth 30%-70% of project costs. The filing deadline is May 15, 2026.

The money is being redirected to the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, a government-owned utility with a checkered past.

She now serves as vice president of the CCEJ Program, with a staff of over 25, where she has managed over 700 pro bono attorneys providing critical guidance to cities, states, and nonprofit partners to help expedite the country's shift to a clean and equitable green economy and to address environmental justice.

Five months before catastrophic floods swept through the Alaska Native village of Kipnuk on Sunday, tearing many houses off their foundations, the Trump administration canceled a $20 million grant intended to protect the community from such extreme flooding.

But in the lawsuit, the coalition argued that the bill revoked only climate grants that the E.P.A. had not yet awarded. Under the Biden administration, the agency had awarded the Solar for All grants to 60 state agencies, nonprofit groups and Native American tribes.

The claim that the bill rescinded the Solar for All grants is “patently false and legally unsupportable,” said Jillian Blanchard, Vice President of Climate Change and Environmental Justice at Lawyers for Good Government

When Donald Trump won reelection, Jennifer Hadayia knew she'd need a good lawyer. As the executive director of Air Alliance Houston, an environmental nonprofit advocacy organization that works to reduce the risks of air pollution on public health, she had fought the first Trump administration in court already on a variety of issues.