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Leaked List Shows Trump Mulling $15 Billion More In Clean Energy Cuts [1]

"The U.S. Department of Energy is considering terminating 300 additional clean energy projects worth over $15 billion, according to a leaked list reviewed by The Times."

"Days after the Trump administration made headlines for canceling nearly $8 billion in clean energy projects across 16 blue states, the Department of Energy is considering terminating an additional 300 projects totaling more than $15.8 billion, according to a leaked list reviewed by The Times.

The list includes five of seven projects to develop clean hydrogen energy in the United States awarded under President Biden. Funding for the other two so-called “hydrogen hubs” was terminated last week, including California’s project, the Alliance for Renewable Clean Hydrogen Energy Systems, or ARCHES.

The list is not an official document but comes via credible sources from inside the administration.

Other potential terminations include a $500-million award to General Motors to convert an existing vehicle assembly plant in Michigan to electric vehicle production, and two major carbon-capture projects in Indiana and North Dakota, which face cuts of $500 million and $350 million, respectively. (Carbon capture is the process of capturing planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions from industrial releases and storing or reusing them before they can enter the atmosphere.)"

Hayley Smith reports for the Los Angeles Times October 9, 2025. [2]

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Source: LA Times [2], 10/10/2025
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/leaked-list-shows-trump-mulling-15-billion-more-clean-energy-cuts [2] https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-10-09/energy-department-considers-more-than-15-billion-in-additional-project-cuts [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-justice [6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics [7] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/infrastructure [8] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/technology [9] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [10] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81