US EditionEnergy Department plans to claw back $13B in green funds
The Trump administration canceled $13 billion in unspent green energy funds to reduce what it calls wasteful spending and refocus DOE priorities, returning money to taxpayers.
- On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Energy announced it will cancel and return $13 billion in unobligated funds pledged for wind, solar, batteries and electric vehicles, calling it a rollback of Biden's green-energy agenda.
- President Donald Trump campaigned against Biden's energy policies, called them the `green new scam`, and signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to rescind unobligated Inflation Reduction Act funds.
- At a press event earlier in the day, Chris Wright, Energy Secretary, said the DOE set aside the funds under the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act.
- A study found clean-energy employment surged in 2024 and now faces risk as environmental advocacy group E2 warned many clean-energy workers could be lost, while Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, condemned ceding leadership to China.
- With Democrats avoiding Green New Deal language in recent months, Chris Wright said he enjoys discussing energy disagreements, highlighting partisan divides as he testified before the House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy.
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Trump's Energy Secretary aims to claw back billions slated for clean energy projects
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The US energy secretary, Chris Wright, on Wednesday announced that his department will return to the treasury billions of dollars set aside for green projects, while dodging questions about affordability and grid reliability and claiming international climate policy has not lowered emissions. “The more people have gotten into so-…
Energy Department to Return $13 Billion in Unused Climate Funds to Taxpayers
The Energy Department has announced it will return more than $13 billion in unobligated climate funds to the Treasury, marking one of the Trump administration’s most significant reversals of President Joe Biden’s green-energy agenda. The department said on Sept. 24 that the money had been set aside under the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act enacted by the Biden administration. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the step fulfills President Donald Tru…
Energy Department plans to claw back $13B in green funds
The Energy Department is planning to claw back $13 billion in unspent climate funds, it announced Wednesday. In a press release, the department said it plans to “return more than $13 billion in unobligated funds initially appropriated to advance the previous Administration’s wasteful Green New Scam agenda.” The press release did not specify exactly where the money…
Energy Sec. Wright: $13B Saved From ‘Green New Scam’
Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Wednesday announced that American taxpayers would save $13 billion that was being held in government accounts targeted for use on what he called former President Joe Biden's "Green New Scam" agenda. Wright said the massive amount of spending involves "unobligated funds" initially appropriated to advance the previous administration's green energy and climate policies. The Secretary said in a release that, "The Ame…
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