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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Lucy Campbell

Trump administration admits canceling clean energy grants to Democratic states

Rows of solar panels at San Francisco's Sunset Reservoir with the Golden Gate Bridge visible beyond hills and trees
In October, the White House budget office announced the cancellation of $8bn in clean energy projects in 16 states, including California. Photograph: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images

The Trump administration has admitted scrapping more than $7.5bn in federal grants for clean energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed Donald Trump in the 2024 election.

US federal officials appeared to acknowledge in court documents last week that they had terminated the funding last October “based solely” on political criteria, targeting projects in states that were represented by Democrats and had voted for Kamala Harris.

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