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Trump claws back nearly $8B for green projects

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04.10.2025
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Trump cancels billions in DOE funds for green projects

The Trump administration is cutting billions of dollars for green energy projects, especially in blue states.

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The Energy Department announced late Wednesday it was cutting awards that funded 223 projects, axing about $7.56 billion in spending.

In a social media post ahead of the announcement, White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought announced the funding cuts would take place for projects in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Vermont and Washington state.

Vought, in his post, categorized the projects as “Green New Scam funding to fuel the Left’s climate agenda.”

All of those states went for former Vice President Kamala Harris in last year’s election, and most of them have Democratic governors.

However, a breakdown released by congressional Democrats indicates some of the canceled funds are for projects located in states that did not vote for Harris: Tennessee, South Carolina, North Dakota, Iowa and Florida.

The funding being canceled was slated to go to a variety of recipients. One particularly notable award is up to $1.2 billion that would go to advance hydrogen energy in California.

That

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