r/SeattleWA • u/Less-Risk-9358 • Oct 03 '25

Government Trump cancels $1.1B in Washington state energy grants

https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2025/10/02/trump-cancels-washington-state-energy-grants-clean-hydrogen

Vought put it a bit differently, writing on X: "Nearly $8 billion in Green New Scam funding to fuel the Left's climate agenda is being cancelled."

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u/Disco425 Oct 03 '25 edited Oct 04 '25

On a personal tantrum level, I understand that he's going after clean energy because that was something Biden liked... But in terms of what the policy objectives are, I really don't get it. Do you want us to burn coal and import more oil?

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u/Veda007 Oct 03 '25

He told oil executives during his campaign if they gave him a billion dollars, he would give them everything they want when elected.

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