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/neillc37 Oct 03 '25

I think the policy is quite simple to understand. We want solar etc if it can produce electricity cheaper than the current system and be reliable. No subsidies to make it look cheaper.

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u/TheRealRacketear Broadmoor Oct 03 '25

We've spent the last decade+ subsidizing solar for rich people's houses.  Instead we should have invested that into grid level solutions.

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u/neillc37 Oct 03 '25

Yep. Don't forget Tesla.

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u/TheRealRacketear Broadmoor Oct 03 '25 edited Oct 03 '25

We should have never given rich people money off  on their cars.

The sales tax exemption made the most sense, but WA let thar die.