Today, the Trump Administration issued an executive order angling to restrict access to clean energy incentives before they’re phased out. The order comes just days after Trump signed into law a sweeping repeal of clean energy tax credits as part of his Big Oil Billionaire bill and goes even beyond its extreme measures. In response, Evergreen Action Executive Director Lena Moffitt released the following statement:

“Trump is once again abusing his power in a blatant end-run around Congress—and even his own party. Let’s be clear about what this order is: Trump is trying to immediately kill the fastest, cheapest way to build the new energy we urgently need, by any means possible. He’s directing the government to sabotage the very industries that are lowering utility bills, creating jobs, and securing our energy independence. This vendetta against the largest source of new power on the grid flies in the face of his own promises to lower energy costs. And it hands a massive advantage to China, just as his reckless Big Oil Billionaire Law is poised to gut American manufacturing and energy sectors.

“He’s doing this while Texas families mourn the loss of more than 100 lives, including dozens of children, in catastrophic flooding fueled by a spiraling climate crisis. How many more families must suffer through higher bills, lost jobs, and climate-fueled tragedies before Trump stops sacrificing them to enrich his fossil fuel donors?”

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