Trump officials cut nearly $8bn in clean energy projects in Democratic states | Trump administration
The Trump administration cancels $ 7.6 billion in grants supporting hundreds of clean energy projects in 16 states, and all of which voted for Democrat Kamala Harris in last year’s presidential elections.
The movement comes because Donald Trump threatens deep deductions on the closure of the government in the struggle against the congress democrats.
The Energy Department said on Thursday that a review was terminated after determining that a review has not advanced the country’s energy needs sufficiently or that they are not economically applicable. Authorities did not give details about which projects were cut, but the financing came from the clean energy demonstration office, energy efficiency and renewable energy office and other energy department offices.
According to the Defense Council of Natural Resources that do not purify environmental profit, it is likely to affect the efforts of cutting battery plants, hydrogen technology projects, electricity network and carbon capture efforts.
White House Budget Director Russian Vought emphasized the deductions in a social media mission late on Wednesday and said, “The left cancels the money to feed the climate agenda,” he said.
Chop the strip of the projects: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oreregon, Vermont and Washington Eli.
The VoughT and the energy department did not explain how they found the targeted states, thinking that dozens of states have a clean energy project. However, all of the targeted state supported Harris, and in each of these states, both senators voted against the Republican’s short -term financing bill to ensure the government’s work.
California’s Hydrogen Center, which aims to accelerate hydrogen technology and production, up to $ 1.2 billion for the hydrogen center and up to $ 1 billion for a hydrogen project in the Pacific North West. According to Clean Energy Supporters, a list of the energy department targets, a Texas Hydrogen project and a three -state project in West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania survived.
Trump said in an interview with an American news on Wednesday with a conservative exit, that the administration could cut the projects requested by the democrats – “Favorite projects and permanently cut”.
Trump’s comments show that he and Vought behave to American families and a kind of patient’s livelihoods such as pawns in a political game.
“This administration had plans to cancel critical energy projects for months, and now they are taking action illegally to kill things and to increase people’s energy bills,” he said. “This is a clear attempt to punish political opposition.”
Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, said that the private sector has committed $ 10 billion for the hydrogen project of the state, known as an alliance for renewable clean hydrogen energy systems (arches). Newsom said the segment threatened more than 200,000 jobs.
Alex Padilla, a democratic senator of California, called the project’s cancellation of the project as “right, narrow -minded and evidence” that this administration is not serious about American energy domination ”.
The California project is one of the seven clean energy projects from Western Virginia to Washington Province, which was chosen for a program of 7 billion dollars to start the production and production of hydrogen fuel, which is part of former president Joe Biden’s agenda to slow down the climate crisis.
Enerji President Trump promised to protect the dollar and expand the affordable, reliable and secure energy supply of America.
Wright told CNN to CNN on Thursday night. “These decisions are taken – Business decisions that the taxpayer money is used well. So, no, these projects will not be restored.”
The current cancellations were in the state -led states, while Wright said other projects, including hydrogen offers in West Virginia, Texas and Louisiana.
“We have announced the cancellations of the project in red and blue states before. And as this autumn continues, you will see cancellations in red and blue states.” “Americans should save money.”
It has 30 days to object to the termination decision of the energy department of the award buyers.
The Trump administration has widely targeted climate programs and clean energy grants and proposes to take back the vehicle emissions and other greenhouse gas rules that say it cannot be justified. Last week, the energy department canceled $ 13 billion designed for clean energy projects. Money was authorized by the Congress in the 2022 climate law signed by Biden but not yet spent.
Democrats and Environmental Organizations Fast to hit the last segmentsThey say they will increase their energy costs.
“This is another blow to the clean energy required by the Trump administration to meet innovative technology, jobs and rapidly rising demand by NRDC Senior Vice President of NRDC.
Conrad Schneider, Senior Director of Clean Air Mission Force, said that the movement “pulled the carpet” from dozens of communities and workers who rely on projects. He also said for innovative energy technologies that the US has weakened its position in the global market ”.
