The Energy Department said Wednesday night it's terminating $7.56 billion worth of financial awards that support 223 projects funded via several of its clean-energy offices.
Why it matters: It's among the starkest reversals of Biden-era DOE financial support for low-carbon energy and manufacturing initiatives. • The department didn't list projects. But its announcement came hours after White House budget chief Russ Vought posted on X that "Nearly $8 billion in Green New Scam funding to fuel the Left's climate agenda is being cancelled."
The intrigue: "The projects are in the following states: CA, CO, CT, DE, HI, IL, MD, MA, MN, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OR, VT, WA," Vought added. • Those states also all voted for Kamala Harris in 2024, have Democratic Senate delegations, and most have Democrat