{"id":3319,"date":"2025-02-01T10:49:46","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T10:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trumps-halt-on-climate-spending-freezes-jobs-and-stalls-projects\/"},"modified":"2025-02-01T10:49:46","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T10:49:46","slug":"trumps-halt-on-climate-spending-freezes-jobs-and-stalls-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trumps-halt-on-climate-spending-freezes-jobs-and-stalls-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Halt on Climate Spending Freezes Jobs and Stalls Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">When marble-size hail fell on Alabama in 2023, it devastated Camp Hill, a town of 1,000 where nearly half the residents live below the poverty line. Decks were demolished, cars shattered, roofs destroyed, and few people had insurance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The community was expecting to get help this month in the form of a $20 million federal grant to help homeowners make repairs \u2014 money that came from a Biden-era law to tackle climate change.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But those funds have now been held up by President Trump\u2019s order that all federal climate spending be paused. Even though the White House this week <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/29\/briefing\/white-house-freeze-menendez-sentence.html\" title=\"\">rescinded a sweeping directive<\/a> that would have stopped trillions of dollars in grants across the federal government, a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/01\/unleashing-american-energy\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">separate executive order<\/a> is still in effect that halts tens of billions of dollars in energy and environmental spending.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">That pause is paralyzing federal agencies, causing confusion in states and cities, delaying construction projects and forcing some companies to furlough workers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThese are real human beings,\u201d said Warren Tidwell, director of the Alabama Center for Rural Organizing and Systemic Solutions, which is leading the effort to repair Camp Hill\u2019s many damaged, leaky roofs. \u201cWe have one woman in her 80s who lives alone, and if she does not get her roof fixed, well, we\u2019re going to have a senior in her late 80s who is homeless,\u201d Mr. Tidwell said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The day he was sworn in, Mr. Trump issued an <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/01\/unleashing-american-energy\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">executive order<\/a> on \u201cTerminating the Green New Deal,\u201d his catchall term for climate policies. The White House told federal agencies to pause and review all funding authorized by the Inflation Reduction Act and a bipartisan infrastructure law \u2014 two bills signed by former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. that invested hundreds of billions of dollars in wind and solar projects, electric vehicles and other low-carbon energy technologies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/newsgraphics\/documenttools\/89e9dbe077187a07\/67a323eb-full.pdf\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">complied by halting<\/a> grants, loans and other spending.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The pause has affected a wide range of programs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">States have been blocked from receiving funds from <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eenews.net\/articles\/epa-cuts-off-ira-solar-money-already-under-contract\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">a $7 billion program<\/a> to help low-income communities install solar panels. School districts in Virginia, New York City and rural Nevada are unsure if the electric school buses they had signed contracts for will arrive. Ports in South Carolina and Tampa, Fla., had been awarded nearly $2 million apiece to clean up pollution, funds that now could be frozen. Battery companies that received federal grants to build factories don\u2019t know when they might get paid.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">White House officials declined to comment on the record.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Although the Inflation Reduction Act was passed by Democrats, 80 percent of the law\u2019s investments so far have gone to Republican congressional districts. So far, however, many Republicans have refrained from criticizing the spending freeze. Democrats are <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/newsgraphics\/documenttools\/4ccd3efa2e32a43d\/33426e97-full.pdf\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">pressing the agencies for answers<\/a> and <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/newsgraphics\/documenttools\/ec602a217e652e02\/34c057ab-full.pdf\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">demanding a legal justification<\/a> for the action.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIt\u2019s been chaotic and confusing,\u201d said Maren Mahoney, the director of the Arizona governor\u2019s office of resiliency. The state received a $156 million grant last year through the E.P.A. to deploy 61 megawatts of solar energy throughout the state, with a focus on low-income and tribal communities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ms. Mahoney said she had been just about to make her first four hires when Mr. Trump was inaugurated and her group was unable to gain access to its money through the government\u2019s automated system. Calls to the E.P.A. went unreturned, Ms. Mahoney said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Jeff Landis, a spokesman at the E.P.A., said the agency was implementing Mr. Trump\u2019s executive order.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">This week in Washington State, a company called Zero Emissions Northwest, which helps rural communities secure federal grants to save energy costs, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7290818592177065984\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">had to furlough<\/a> three employees after the government halted reimbursements.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">David Funk, the company\u2019s president, said that the farmers and business owners he had been working with currently had $1.9 million in projects under construction after signing up for the Rural Energy for American Program. Participants often dip into their own savings or borrow money to do things like insulate their buildings, upgrade pizza ovens or install solar panels to offset irrigation costs. They then expect that the federal government will honor its promise to repay them for a portion of the costs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But on Tuesday, when Mr. Funk went to submit invoices for his clients, the Department of Agriculture told him reimbursements had been paused. His clients are currently owed at least $250,000, he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cFarmers are losing money every day,\u201d Mr. Funk said in an interview. He added that the program was \u201cadvancing the goals of the new administration \u2014 we are working on lowering operating costs, we are generating energy locally, and we are buying American products.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It\u2019s normal for a new administration to slow down agency actions briefly while it sets its priorities. \u201cWhat is different is the scope and depth of these executive orders,\u201d said Emily Hammond, a law professor at George Washington University who previously served as deputy general counsel for environment and litigation at the Energy Department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">For instance, an internal E.P.A. memo orders a halt to disbursing funds for which the government has already signed a contract to deliver the money. That means the government could be sued if it breaches its commitments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On Friday, a federal judge <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/31\/us\/trump-freeze-blocked.html\" title=\"\">ordered<\/a> the Trump administration to stop blocking federal funding to 22 states for all congressionally authorized programs. It remained unclear if or when agencies might resume spending.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Under the Biden administration, the Department of Energy awarded tens of billions of dollars in grants and loans to companies that were upgrading transmission lines, building battery factories, reviving a shuttered nuclear plant and more. Some companies and contractors say that they began making investments with the expectation that they would be reimbursed but that they now don\u2019t know when that will be.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Under Mr. Trump\u2019s executive order, agencies have 90 days to review the paused spending, and it can move forward only after approval from key political officials. The White House says that doing so will ensure that all spending aligns with its policy priorities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Critics say the result could be paralysis. \u201cIf that sounds insanely inefficient, that\u2019s because it is,\u201d said Ryan Fitzpatrick, senior director of domestic policy at Third Way, a center-left think tank. \u201cThat process could take months. We\u2019re talking about thousands of contracts and hundreds of thousands of jobs delayed and possibly canceled.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Some experts worried about the effects of prolonged uncertainty. Since the Inflation Reduction Act passed, companies have announced plans to invest more than $167 billion in U.S. factories to build solar panels, batteries, electric vehicles and other clean-energy technologies, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/cleaneconomytracker.org\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">according to data<\/a> from Atlas Public Policy, a research firm. In addition to tax credits, some of those factories were awarded federal loans or grants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe\u2019re in the middle of a very significant investment cycle,\u201d said Mike Carr, executive director of the Solar Energy Manufacturers for America Coalition. \u201cBut there\u2019s a risk of losing that momentum if uncertainty is introduced.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Other federal climate grants go to poor or rural areas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Representative Jennifer McClellan, Democrat of Virginia, said the Henrico County public school system was still waiting to hear whether a $1.3 million grant for electric school buses that the E.P.A. approved during the Biden administration would be honored.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">And in central Illinois, a coalition of 13 rural school districts that won a $15 million Energy Department grant to install micro grids and buy at least one electric school bus is now worried that the districts won\u2019t have the new equipment in place for another year, if ever.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe\u2019ve just kind of been ghosted,\u201d said Tim Farquer, the superintendent of the Mercer County school district in Illinois, who is running the program.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a 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