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Column: Outrage over Trump’s Electric Vehicle Policies Is Misplaced
- In May 2025, House Republicans approved legislation aimed at eliminating most of the clean energy tax incentives created by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which includes those supporting electric vehicle purchases and related manufacturing efforts.
- This effort follows growing Republican backlash despite data showing nearly 78% of the IRA’s $268 billion clean energy investments have benefited GOP-held districts, creating intraparty tension.
- Some Republicans push for repeal while others seek to protect economic gains linked to about 75,000 clean energy jobs in red districts, signaling division on sustaining climate incentives.
- Experts warn that undercutting these credits and weakening EPA rules could increase pollution exposure, raise energy costs, and slow clean energy manufacturing growth critical to U.S. competitiveness.
- If the repeal advances, it may reverse recent industrial investments and environmental progress, risking public health and ceding clean technology markets to global competitors like China.
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New Trump administration rule weakens efforts to promote cleaner cars
The Trump administration just threw a wrench into Biden’s fuel efficiency plans, publishing a new rule that challenges how electric vehicles factor into federal standards.Rachel Frazin reports for The Hill.In short:The U.S. Transportation Department issued a rule saying the Biden administration improperly used electric vehicles to calculate carmakers’ fuel economy standards.While not eliminating Biden’s rules outright, the administration suggest…
The Virginian Pilot
Daily PressColumn: Outrage over Trump’s electric vehicle policies is misplaced
Electric car subsidies are heading for the chopping block. A tax bill recently passed by House Republicans is set to stop billions in taxpayer cash from being spent on electric vehicle purchases. If embraced by the Senate and signed into law by President Donald Trump, the bill would gut long-standing government handouts for going electric. The move comes on the heels of another climate policy embraced by Republicans. Earlier this year, Trump ann…
Republicans in Congress axed the ‘green new scam,’ but it’s a red state boon • Source New Mexico
A worker installs a solar panel on a roof. (Getty Images)WASHINGTON — Clean energy manufacturers and advocates say they’re perplexed how the repeal of tax credits in President Donald Trump’s “one big beautiful bill” will keep their domestic production lines humming across the United States, particularly in states that elected him to the Oval Office. While some Republicans have labeled the billions in tax credits a “green new scam,” statistics r…
Ohio Capital Journal
Republicans in Congress axed the ‘green new scam,’ but it’s a red state boon
A worker installs a solar panel on a roof. (Getty Images)WASHINGTON — Clean energy manufacturers and advocates say they’re perplexed how the repeal of tax credits in President Donald Trump’s “one big beautiful bill” will keep their domestic production lines humming across the United States, particularly in states that elected him to the Oval Office. While some Republicans have labeled the billions in tax credits a “green new scam,” statistics r…
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