Critics Accuse Trump of Killing Clean Energy, Triggering Higher Electricity Bills
Critics are accusing the Trump administration of using taxpayer money to kill locally produced clean energy and force higher electricity bills on Americans. The federal government has either stalled or outright blocked 170 onshore and offshore wind projects across the country using stop-work orders and permit freezes. Developers of projects that couldn’t be shut down using these means were paid to shut them down, with the government spending $2.7 billion in this endeavor. At the same time, the Trump administration has invested $1.125 billion in pushing coal when the globally agreed messaging is that countries should be cutting their coal…
