The Energy Department 's cancellation of more than 300 funding awards to projects in 16 states won by Democratic nominee Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election slammed the brakes on efforts to reduce carbon emissions, air and water pollution, and strengthen electrical grids.

The elimination of nearly $8 billion in funding for more than 200 projects could result in the loss of tens of thousands of jobs that would have been created by the projects, and undercut the Trump administration's own stated goals of boosting American manufacturing competitiveness, critics said.

The cuts were announced on Wednesday, the first day of the federal government shutdown . Earlier Wednesday, the Trump administration froze a whopping $18 billion in funding for two massive infrastructure pr

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