EPA cancels grant, Benton Harbor loses funding for solar project

The grant would have gone toward installing solar panels at city facilities in Benton Harbor, with the ultimate goal of reducing the water bills of over 100 residents.

Mayor Marcus Muhammad says the cancellation will only cause harm:

“I can guarantee you with the energy bills that residents are paying, anything that would lower it is needed.”

This is not the first time the city has had a grant cancelled by the EPA. The agency rescinded a $20 million Environmental and Climate Justice grant earlier this year.

_{Michael reports for WMUK through the Report for America national service program.}