FILE – President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event in Scranton, Pa., April 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

       FILE – Nicholas Hartnett, owner of Pure Power Solar, holds a panel as his company installs a solar array on the roof of a home in Frankfort, Ky., July 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

       FILE – President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event in Scranton, Pa., April 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

       FILE – Nicholas Hartnett, owner of Pure Power Solar, holds a panel as his company installs a solar array on the roof of a home in Frankfort, Ky., July 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

       FILE – President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event in Scranton, Pa., April 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

       FILE – Nicholas Hartnett, owner of Pure Power Solar, holds a panel as his company installs a solar array on the roof of a home in Frankfort, Ky., July 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

       WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is marking Earth Day by announcing $7 billion in federal grants for residential solar projects serving 900,000-plus households in low- and middle-income communities. He also plans to expand his New Deal-style American Climate Corps green jobs training program.

       The grants are being awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency, which unveiled the 60 recipients on Mo ...

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