$35B in US EV, clean energy projects vanished in 2025 – here’s what broke

The United States sacrificed $35 billion in clean energy projects last year

Trump’s policies led to canceled investments and tens of thousands fewer jobs, a new report indicates.

New report exposes troubling truth about tens of thousands of lost US jobs: 'Pretty jarring considering how much progress we made'

For clean energy advocates in the U.S., 2025 was a year to forget. A new report laid bare just how bleak the year was. What's happening? As Grist reported, clean energy think tank E2 released a new report revealing that over $35 billion in clean energy projects were lost in 2025. That number is around 10 times the amount of the previous two years combined. "That's pretty jarring considering how much progress we made in previous years," E2's dire…

$35B in US EV, clean energy projects vanished in 2025 – here’s what broke

US clean energy investment turned negative in 2025 as companies canceled $35 billion in projects and more than 38,000 jobs, E2 finds.

USA, the "Green Miracle" Collides With Reality: $35 Billion in Projects Gone Up in Smoke by 2025 - Economic Scenarios

While electrification projects are being scaled back in Europe, in the US, they are being scaled back . While until 2024, the dominant narrative spoke of an unstoppable rush towards energy transition in the United States, the 2025 figures present a steep and, in many ways, predictable price. According to the latest E2 report , the past year marked a brutal reversal of the trend: $35 billion in investments in clean energy and electric vehicles (E…

US loses clean energy projects - Thoughtful Journalism About Energy's Future

This article was published by Grist on Feb. 6, 2026. By Naveena Sadasivam For more than a decade, the clean energy economy has been on a steep growth trajectory. Companies have poured billions of dollars into battery manufacturing, solar and wind generation, and electric vehicle plants in the U.S., as solar costs fell sharply and EV sales surged. That momentum is set to continue surging in much of the world — but in the United States, it’s start…