Trump’s War on Clean Energy Puts 300 Michigan Jobs on the Chopping Block
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Detroit, MI – After being put on pause following Donald Trump’s tariffs and escalating war on clean energy, General Motors announced that it would be canceling a planned $55 million factory that would have created 300 good-paying jobs for Michiganders. According to reporting by Crain’s Detroit Business, dozens of paid employees have already been laid off as a result of the decision. This is the second time in five weeks that a planned Michigan auto factory has been canceled. 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.
“Every factory closure and project cancellation is a reminder of Trump’s broken promises to the American people – and these announcements are only going to get more frequent. Trump and Republicans are using the government shutdown as an opportunity to escalate their war on clean energy and deliver for their billionaire donors at the expense of American workers,” said Climate Power Communications Director Alex Glass. “Trump promised to bring back manufacturing and create jobs, but instead, he’s sending auto-jobs to China and leaving Americans with nothing but higher utility bills and pink slips.”
Trump’s reckless energy policies are killing clean energy projects across the country:
- Trump is using the government shutdown as an opportunity to sow even more chaos and uncertainty for American workers by cancelling $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.