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Trump administration admits canceling grants based on politics
AP News • • nation
Key Points:
- The Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled $7.6 billion in clean energy grants based solely on the political affiliation of the recipient states, targeting 16 states that voted for Democrat Kamala Harris in the 2024 election.
- This admission contradicts previous claims by Energy Secretary Chris Wright that the cancellations were due to the projects not advancing national energy needs or being poor investments.
- Democrats and environmental groups condemned the move as a politically motivated attack that harms jobs and working families, calling it an abuse of federal power.
- The canceled projects spanned various clean energy initiatives, including battery plants, hydrogen technology, and carbon capture, and were located exclusively in states that supported Harris.
- Congressional Democrats have called for investigations and accountability, while the Energy Department’s internal watchdog has launched an inquiry into the grant cancellations.
