WHAT THEY’RE SAYING: Shuttered Factories and Higher Prices
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Washington, D.C. – Trump and Republicans are taking the government shutdown as an opportunity to enact their extreme agenda and escalate their war on clean energy – and across the country, Americans are paying the price. Household electric bills are up 10% nationally since Trump took office, and they are rising at twice the rate of inflation. Trump’s cuts will squeeze Americans’ pocketbooks even more by taking energy off the grid at a time when demand is skyrocketing.
The Trump administration has canceled or threatened $24 billion in investments in red and blue states since May, including a $30 million grant for a children’s hospital in California. The grant would have helped keep the lights on at the rural pediatric hospital, allowing doctors to continue treating their patients through blackouts.
Trump promised to deliver more jobs and lower costs, instead he’s delivered pink slips and higher utility bills:
POLITICO: Trump’s budget ax hits pediatric hospital’s microgrid plan
Syracuse.com: Trump cancels clean energy grant to expand Syracuse factory: ‘It’s just killing us’
The New York Times: Trump’s Energy Cuts Punished Mostly Blue States. Red States Might Be Next.
Crain’s Detroit Business: $210M EV battery plant in Detroit scrapped due to ‘current policy’ in U.S.
The New York Times: An Immense Solar Project Just Got Canceled Under Trump
CNN: Trump administration quietly canceled the nation’s largest solar project
Hartford Courant: Trump-ordered cancellation of wind project could hike energy costs $500M a year, CT DEEP says
Heatmap: Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says
KOLO8: Trump cancels Esmeralda solar project
Houston Chronicle: Trump’s funding cuts cloud financial picture for Oxy’s King Ranch project
Hartford Business: Amid federal tax credit cuts, major solar developer lays off 78 CT employees, will shutter facilities
Los Angeles Times: Trump slashed $8 billion for energy projects in blue states. In California, that could be felt in red areas as well
Politico: How Trump’s mounting clean energy cuts could add to power price pressures
KENS5: Clean energy rollbacks could raise electric bills across Texas
Business North Carolina: Solar company Blue Ridge Power laying off 517 workers in Asheville, Fayetteville
WRAL News: Battery maker Natron closes shop, killing plans for 1,000 jobs in North Carolina
Crain’s Detroit Business: GM cancels next-gen hydrogen program, $55M Detroit plant with Piston
The Detroit News: Trump mulls canceling $1B in grants for GM, Stellantis projects
Commercial Appeal: EV battery supplier Enchem scraps plans for 190-job project in Brownsville. What we know
The Guardian: Trump officials cancel major solar project in latest hit to renewable energy
KGW8: Trump administration cuts funding for dozens of clean energy projects across Pacific Northwest
The Minnesota Star Tribune: Trump administration cancels nearly half-a-billion dollar grant to Minnesota for power lines serving seven states
Wisconsin Examiner: Wisconsin could lose $130M as Energy Department targets grants awarded under Biden
Reuters: Trump mulls cutting billions in funds from list of clean energy projects
Axios: Trump admin cuts $500M for Colorado climate change initiatives
NPR: The Energy Department canceled billions in funding. Democrats say it’s retribution