A massive solar energy project outside of Tonopah has been seemingly put to a halt, according to the Bureau of Land Management. The BLM’s register for environmental reviews now lists the process for the solar project, which could have been the country’s largest, as “canceled.”

President Donald Trump’s second administration has fiercely opposed clean energy development since retaking office, canceling nearly $700 million for offshore wind in August. The Los Angeles Times found Thursday that the Department of Energy may terminate 300 additional projects.

Esmeralda 7, named for the number of projects covering 62,000 acres of rural Nevada land, could have produced 6.2 gigawatts of energy. But the development may also not be completely dead.

The Department of the Interior told the New York T

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