Trump administration admits it canceled $7.6 billion in clean energy projects ‘based solely on the political identity of the grant recipient’s state’
Democrats and environmental groups seized on the court filing Friday, saying the administration had “weaponized” the federal government to kill good jobs and punish working families because of their political views. Democrats say what was ‘obvious’ has now been acknowledged “This administration has now admitted in court what has long been obvious: it terminated nearly 300 cost-cutting energy projects for no reason other than the fact that the states they were in did not vote for the president in the 2024 election,” said Rep. Both are high-ranking Democrats on the House and Senate Appropriations committees, respectively.
- ▪Democrats and environmental groups seized on the court filing Friday, saying the administration had “weaponized” the federal government to kill good jobs and punish working families because of their political views.
- ▪Democrats say what was ‘obvious’ has now been acknowledged “This administration has now admitted in court what has long been obvious: it terminated nearly 300 cost-cutting energy projects for no reason other than the fact that the states th
- ▪Both are high-ranking Democrats on the House and Senate Appropriations committees, respectively.
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- ▪ El Gobierno de Trump admite que canceló subvenciones de energía limpia en estados que votaron por Kamala Harris — ABC17NEWS
- ▪ Trump Admin Cancelled Grants Based on Politics — RealClear Investigations
- ▪ Trump administration admits grants for clean energy were canceled based on politics — KGW RSS Feed: news
- ▪ Trump administration admits grants for clean energy were canceled based on politics - AP News — Google News
- ▪ Grant cancellations ‘based solely’ on politics: filing — The Hill
- ▪ Trump administration concedes that it canceled research grants in blue states — NBC News — Politics
- ▪ Trump administration admits canceling clean energy grants to Democratic states — The Guardian — World
- ▪ Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him — NYT > Top Stories
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The Trump administration has acknowledged in court documents that it canceled $7.6 billion in grants for hundreds of clean energy projects “based solely on the political identity of the grant recipient’s state” — in this case, 16 states that voted for Democrat Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election.Recommended Video The statement contradicts repeated assertions by Energy Secretary Chris Wright and other officials that the projects were canceled because they did not adequately advance the nation’s energy needs or had other problems that made them a poor investment of taxpayer dollars.
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