Trump administration admits canceling clean energy grants to Democratic states

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The Trump administration has admitted scrapping more than $7.5bn in federal grants for clean energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed Donald Trump in the 2024 election. US federal officials appeared to acknowledge in court documents last week that they had terminated the funding last October “based solely” on political criteria, targeting projects in states that were represented by Democrats and had voted for Kamala Harris. The administration previously framed the move as safeguarding taxpayer dollars from “waste” and continues to insist it was not politically motivated. “[The Department of Energy] accepts that neither the inclusion of the ARCHES grant nor any other grants in the October…

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