The administration is pulling funding for what it calls “woke” and “redundant” clean energy projects including EV charging infrastructure.
The Trump administration is canceling $109 million in federal funds for Colorado environmental projects, report Jesse Paul and Taylor Dolven in The Colorado Sun.
“The funds were slated to pay for increasing the use of electric vehicles and EV charging options, as well as rail improvements, including research into hydrogen and natural gas-powered trains.” A spokesperson for USDOT called the five canceled projects “woke, zero-emission plans” and “green rail cars” that “did not align with President Trump’s ambitious America First agenda or were redundant.”
The targeted projects include electric vehicles and charging equipment in Fort Collins, rail safety improvements in northern Colorado, and a study of hydrogen- and natural gas-powered rail cars.
The state is engaged in several lawsuits attempting to reclaim cancelled federal funding for EV infrastructure.
FULL STORY: Trump administration cancels $109M in environmentally focused transportation grants for Colorado
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