‘He’s forcing higher bills’: Trump spends billions to kill clean energy and keep coal alive

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The Trump administration has spent billions of taxpayer dollars to impede clean energy development and sustain coal industry subsidies. Critics argue these actions, including $2.7 billion against wind power and $1.125 billion boosting coal, have increased energy bills for working Americans and primarily benefit fossil fuel companies with ties to President Trump.

Critics accuse president of ‘fattening the wallets of his cronies’ as working Americans face higher energy rates The Trump administration has directly spent $2.7bn of taxpayer money on its crusade against wind power while pouring $1.125bn into boosting coal, which critics say is pushing up Americans’ bills. They say the moves are evidence that the president aims to serve fossil-fuel companies like those which donated record sums to his presidential campaign, rather than the working-class Americans to whom he pledged to lower energy bills and other costs. Continue reading...