Trump administration canceled a $4.9B loan guarantee for a line to deliver green power

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1. TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Trump administration on Wednesday canceled a $4.9 billion federal loan guarantee for a new high-voltage transmission line for delivering solar and wind-generated electricity from the Midwest to the eastern U.S.

   The U.S. Department of Energy declared that it is “not critical for the federal government to have a role” in the first phase of Chicago-based Invenergy’s planned [Grain Belt Express.](https://apnews.com/article/wind-energy-property-rights-missouri-053956078aed1a86e32ab540eb46c4f9) The department also questioned whether the $11 billion project could meet the financial conditions required for a loan guarantee.

   President [Donald Trump](https://www.yahoo.com/people/donald-trump/) has repeatedly derided wind and solar energy as “unreliable” and opposed efforts to combat climate change by [moving away from fossil fuels.](https://apnews.com/article/trump-energy-department-clean-energy-wind-solar-batteries-hydrogen-fossil-fuels-cf1dff9ee771c566765e9ca3e3599d91) The Department of Energy also said Wednesday that the conditional commitment to Invenergy in November was among billions of dollars’ worth of commitments “rushed out the doors” by former President Joe Biden’s administration after Biden lost the election.

2. What’s the point of calling it a guarantee if it can be reneged

3. The only thing reliable about Big Oil is they never cap their abandon wells.

4. Example of how the Trump admin wants to raise your power bill. 

5. Sue the government

6. Selling us out for oil and gas industry bribes…every…single…day.

7. He really wants us in a full on oil/gas/coal economy? What is he being paid?

8. The only thing you can guarantee with Trump is chaos.

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