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The move came when President Donald Trump threatened deep cuts in the fight against the government’s closure with the Congress Democrats.
The Department of Energy said in a statement Thursday that 223 projects were abolished after the review, after determining that they did not properly advance the nation’s energy needs or were not economically viable. Officials did not provide details about which projects were being cut, but said the funds were received from the clean energy demonstrations, the office for energy saving and renewable energy, and other DOE Bureau’s office.
According to the Defense Council of Environmental Natural Resources, deductions are likely to affect the battery plant, hydrogen technology projects, electric grid upgrades and carbon capture efforts, according to the Defense Council of Environmental Natural Resources.
The White House budget director, Russell vote, highlighted the cut backs in a social media post in late Wednesday, saying “the money is being canceled to fuel the leftist climate agenda.”
The projects are on the cutting block: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Vermont and Washington State.
The vote and the Energy Department did not say how they came up with the list of their target states, considering that dozens of states had clean energy projects. But all 16 targeted states supported Harris, and in each of these states, both US senators voted against the Republican’s short -term funding bill to work for the government.
California’s hydrogen hub deductions include up to $ 1.2 billion, aimed at accelerating hydrogen technology and production, and is up to $ 1 billion for hydrogen project in the Pacific. According to clean energy supporters who have achieved a list of DOE goals, the Texas hydrogen project and three states were saved in West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Trump said in an interview with a US news, a conservative shop on Wednesday that his administration could cut Democrats’ plans – “Favorite plans, and they would be cut off permanently.”
“I am allowed to cut down things that should never have been approved before and I will probably do it,” Trump said. A clip of the interview was released before interviewing Thursday night.
Trump’s comments suggest that he and the vote are treating the American “families and their livelihoods like a pediatte in some kind of sick political game.”
“This administration has planned to work for several months to cancel important energy projects, and they are now taking action illegally to eliminate jobs and increase people’s energy bills,” he said in a statement. “This is a clear attempt to punish political opposition.”
The private sector has committed $ 10 billion for the state’s hydrogen project, known as the Alliance for Renewable Clean Hydrogen Energy System, or Mehrab, California Government Gavin Newsom said. More than 200,000 jobs are at risk for the kit, Newsom said.
Democratic Sen of California. “This administration is not serious about US energy dominance,” Alex Pedilla said.
The California Project is one of the seven projects of clean energy from West Virginia to Washington State, which has been selected by the Biden administration by the Biden administration to slow down the climate change, a part of the Biden’s agenda, and the development of a 7 -year -old Hydrogen fuel.
The Energy Department said it had reviewed billions of dollars from the Biden administration after the Biden administration’s victory in the presidential election last November. The department said that more than a quarter of the grant was awarded between the election day and the opening day.
“President Trump promised to protect taxpayers’ dollars and increase America’s cheap, reliable and safe energy supply,” said Energy Secretary Energy Chris Wright. Today’s cancellation fulfills that commitment.
Wright told CNN Thursday night that the cancellations had nothing to do with the closure or politics. He said, “These decisions have been made – business decisions have a good use of taxpayers’ money. So, no, these projects will not be restored when the government reopens.
Although the current cancellations are in the democratic -led states, Wright said other projects, including hydrogen proposals in West Virginia, Texas and Louisiana, are being reviewed.
“We have announced the cancellation of the project in the red and blue states in the red and blue states, and as it continues, you will see the cancellation in the red and the blue states.”
The award recipients have 30 days to appeal the decision to eliminate the energy department.
The Trump administration has widely targeted climate programs and clean energy grants, and it is proposing to return vehicles and return other rules of greenhouse gas, which is said to be justified. Last week, the Department of Energy reduced $ 13 billion, aimed at cleaning energy projects. The money was adopted by the Congress in the Biden’s signed 2022 climate law but has not been spent yet.
Democrats and environmental organizations have rush to eliminate the latest deductions, saying they will increase energy costs.
“This is another blow by the Trump administration against modern technology, jobs and clean energy,” said Jackie Wang, a senior vice president of the NRDC.
Conrad Schneider, senior director of the Clean Air Task Force, said the move has “drawn the carpet” from dozens of communities and workers who count on projects. He said that the IT of modern energy technologies “weakens the status of the United States in the global market”.
