Trump Administration Sued Over Illegal IRA Funding Freeze

Laura Beth Resnick of Butterbee Farm: “It blew me away. The feeling of having the funding frozen is really stressful.”

Hana Vizcarra, Attorney at Earthjustice: “When President Trump came into office, he immediately froze money promised to farmers and community groups to help build clean energy projects and climate resilience projects in their communities and on their farms.

“I'm part of a team of lawyers here at Earthjustice, who's taking the administration to court to get these funds flowing again.”

Laura Beth Resnick of Butterbee Farm: “We found out that we could save about $5,000 a year to get solar panels on our barn, and we were so excited about that because, you know, farming margins are really slim.”

Hana Vizcarra, Attorney at Earthjustice: “The administration is doing this because they want to kneecap the clean energy industry. Unfortunately, they're hurting countless American communities in the process. So we're going to court to stop them.”

Laura Beth Resnick is the owner of Butterbee Farm, a regenerative flower farm in Maryland. She’s one of many across the country whose lives were upended after President Trump froze billions of dollars in federal funds guaranteed to folks like Resnick.

Hana Vizcarra is senior attorney for national climate at Earthjustice. She advocates for and defends strong federal climate action.