BREAKING: Trump’s War on Clean Energy Shutters Project in Virginia, Canceling 150 Jobs

Richmond, VA — President Trump’s reckless war on American clean energy continues to wreak havoc on working families and communities across the country. Topsoe is the latest manufacturing project upended by Trump and Republicans’ bill gutting clean energy investments, with the cancellation of 150 jobs and a $400 million investment in their Richmond, VA facility. The company cited the repeal of clean energy tax credits as a reason they paused work. At the time of the facility’s announcement, Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin said he was “thrilled” the project was coming to Virginia.

“Local jobs are on the line at the same time that Virginia families are facing record-high electricity bills because of Republicans’ extreme agenda to block clean energy and produce less power,” said Climate Power Communications Director Alex Glass. “Next week, voters will be headed to the ballot box with soaring utility bills and job losses, with only the Republican energy crisis to blame. Does Winsome Earle-Sears still support what the President is doing as his policies take jobs away from Virginians?”

This shuttered project is just the latest casualty of the GOP’s self-inflicted energy crisis. Since Trump’s election, more than 80,500 clean energy jobs have been lost or stalled across over 140 projects, and household utility bills have soared by 11% nationwide. And the Trump Administration is also threatening to block a massive, nearly complete offshore wind project that has had support from the state’s current Republican governor.

Trump’s reckless energy policies are killing clean energy projects across the country:

• Earlier this month, Fox 2 Detroit reported that over 100 employees at Dana Incorporated, an EV battery component manufacturer in Auburn Hills, Michigan, have been laid off. 

• Crain’s Detroit Business reported that General Motors was canceling a $55 million factory that would have created 300 jobs, citing “decisions of the DOE”. 

• Last month, Fortescue blamed U.S. “policy settings” and the elimination of “critical tax credits” in Trump and Republicans’ budget bill for the cancellation of their $210 million Detroit EV battery factory. 

• Trump is using the government shutdown as an opportunity to sow even more chaos and uncertainty for American workers by canceling $8 billion in investments in states that did not vote for him. The Trump administration has put $24 billion for energy projects on the chopping block since May. 

• According to Climate Power’s Energy Crisis Snapshot report and tracker, more than 80,500 clean energy jobs have already been lost or delayed under the Trump administration, 47% of which are in congressional districts represented by Republicans. 

• Trump’s federal energy policies contributed to battery startup, Natron Energy, shutting down and canceling its planned $1.4 billion factory in Eastern North Carolina, which would have created 1,000 jobs. 

• Blue Ridge Power blamed insurmountable “market headwinds” impacting the renewable energy industry for their decision to lay off 517 workers in North Carolina 

• Trump planned to revoke federal permitting for a Maryland wind farm, which would have powered 718,000 homes and supported more than 1,300 jobs.