Trump Curbs Farmers’ Access to Funding for Energy Projects

Trump Admin Just Effectively Killed a Popular Renewable Energy Program

Solar panels can be an economic lifeline in the rural US — but now they're going to be a lot harder to build.

Trump Kills Another Popular Solar Energy Program

Solar panels can be an economic lifeline for farmers. Now they're going to be a lot harder to build.

Furious farmers sue after Trump kills popular economic lifeline

Earlier this month, after a series of stops and starts, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced changes to a long-running program that is supposed to help farmers and rural small businesses stand up renewable energy projects. This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist's weekly newsletter hereThe new rules, set to go into effect today, October 16, effectively make any solar power development ineligible for funding throug…

Trump just effectively killed a popular solar energy program for rural America

Solar panels can be an economic lifeline for farmers. Building them just got a lot harder.

Trump USDA Canceling Investment in Rural Energy and Self-Sufficiency

Donald Trump’s personal spite leads to more harm for South Dakota and the rest of rural America, as his toady Ag Secretary cancels the Rural Energy for America Program: The USDA just issued a…

Trump Curbs Farmers’ Access to Funding for Energy Projects

The Trump Administration is restricting access to a federal rural energy program for farmers in another move against renewable energy. But the major change to the Department of Agriculture’s Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) that eliminates upfront funding would make energy efficiency projects and cheaper energy for farmers inaccessible to many of them, analysts say. The USDA’s new rules, unveiled at the end of September and effective Octo…