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DOE Cancels $3.7 Billion in Biden-Era Green Energy Awards

The cancellations are part of a wider rollback of climate-focused and DEI-related programs enacted under the Biden administration

The Department of Energy has canceled 24 clean energy demonstration projects worth nearly $3.7 billion, citing concerns over financial viability, insufficient return on taxpayer investment, and a failure to meet the energy needs of Americans.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright announced the decision on May 30, describing the awards as hastily approved in the final days of the Biden administration and misaligned with the Trump administration’s energy and economic priorities.

The cancellations come after an internal review ordered earlier this month under a new departmental policy aimed at increasing accountability and rooting out waste in federally funded energy programs.

Sixteen of the 24 awards were signed between Election Day 2024 and Inauguration Day 2025.

In two cases, the inspector general said DOE had already canceled nearly $400 million in grants awarded to entities with suspected ties to foreign adversaries.

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You have to wonder who Biden was working for...it wasn't the American people.