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Trump officials cancel $7.6 billion in clean energy projects

The Washington Post · last updated

The Energy Department canceled $7.56 billion in funding for 223 projects aimed at research and deployment of clean energy and other climate-friendly technology mainly in Democrat-led states.

The cuts are the latest in President Donald Trump’s efforts to undercut renewable energy and other efforts to reduce the emissions driving climate change. The administration has already sought to claw back $20 billion from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, which supported investments in green technology like heat pumps and electric vehicles, also canceling $7 billion in the Solar for All program to help low and middle-income families install rooftop solar.

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