NEW REPORT: Trump’s Actions on Clean Energy Already Cost or Threatened 62,000 Jobs, With Nearly 400,000 at Risk

Trump’s policies are undoing two years of a clean energy manufacturing boom–one that’s creating jobs, reducing pollution and helping lower utility costs that many Latino households already struggle to pay. 

WASHINGTON — In just 100 days in office, President Trump’s tariffs, executive orders, and full-scale assault on clean energy have significantly reversed the last two years’ clean energy manufacturing and jobs boom. New data released today by Climate Power shows that 95 clean energy projects have been threatened, delayed, or canceled across all clean energy companies, representing a potential loss of $71.24 billion in investment and 62,554 jobs. The clean energy job growth the U.S. experienced before Trump came into office has gone into reverse, from 406,000 new clean energy jobs created from August 2022 to December 2024, to 399,000 at the end of the first quarter of 2025.

As economic uncertainty surrounding federal investments under Trump grows, more companies are choosing to delay or withdraw clean energy investments in the United States. Hundreds of thousands more clean energy jobs–an increasingly important opportunity for Latino workers–are now at risk. In the latest report from the Energy Department, Latino workers made up 21 percent of the solar energy labor force and 22 percent of the wind energy labor force, even though they make up 19 percent of the entire U.S. labor force.

“With nearly 40% of new clean energy jobs located in disadvantaged communities, this is about more than just clean energy—it’s about job security, environmental justice, and economic opportunity for communities that have long been overburdened by pollution and a lack of investment,” said Antonieta Cadiz, Deputy Executive Director for Climate Power En Acción. “Trump’s actions threaten jobs and funding that are beginning to revitalize our communities and further harm Latinos struggling with high utility bills, especially the many Latino households facing energy insecurity. Republicans in Congress only add to the uncertainty by threatening to eliminate clean energy investments and tax credits. Our communities deserve better.”

Prior to Trump’s election, the United States had seen the largest boom in factory construction investment in American history, spurred in large part by the 2022 clean energy tax credits. However, Atlas Public Policy found that a record number of clean manufacturing projects were canceled in Q1 of 2025, and the record level of factory construction investment driven by clean energy through 2023 and 2024 has already turned down sharply under Trump. 

Some states with significant Latino populations, like Georgia, Nevada, and Arizona, among others, are already affected by Trump’s tariffs and war on clean energy and stand to lose the most if Republicans repeal clean energy tax credits. Since the clean energy investments were passed in 2022, 344 new clean energy projects have been started or announced in disadvantaged communities, bringing $122.8 billion in investment and 155,183 jobs to disadvantaged communities across 41 states.

View the full report here, including analysis on the states and congressional districts most affected by Trump’s tariffs and war on clean energy, and those that stand to lose the most.