Trump Orders End To Green Energy Funding, Citing National Security

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President Donald Trump issued an executive order in early June calling for an end to green energy subsidies, citing national security concerns and overt and unnecessary costs to taxpayers.
Despite the rapid roll-out of so-called renewable energies — that never offset the fossil fuels required to create and run these systems — tax-payers have seen zero reducing in the cost of living, energy, or anything related to our energy grid (which is everything), all while there are growing concerns that reliance on renewable energies poses a major national security threat.
What Does The Order State?
“For too long, the Federal Government has forced American taxpayers to subsidize expensive and unreliable energy sources like wind and solar. The proliferation of these projects displaces affordable, reliable, dispatchable domestic energy sources, compromises our electric grid, and denigrates the beauty of our Nation’s natural landscape,” Trump’s order states.
“Moreover, reliance on so-called ‘green’ subsidies threatens national security by making the United States dependent on supply chains controlled by foreign adversaries. Ending the massive cost of taxpayer handouts to unreliable energy sources is vital to energy dominance, national security, economic growth, and the fiscal health of the Nation.”
No More Taxpayer Support
The order further directs the U.S. to end all forms of taxpayer support for green energy, which is likely a huge blow to states like Arizona, where lawmakers are looking to acquire public land to build massive solar farms.
Democratic Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego claimed the “legislation will allow La Paz County to continue this project, developing a planned 500 MW of solar capacity and up to 900 MWH of battery storage, which is enough to power about 75,000 homes. The project will create 700 construction jobs and 10 permanent positions,” suggesting its impact is actually minimal.
Fellow Democratic Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly also spoke in support of the bill, saying it’ll allow the small number of homes will be powered by so-called “clean” energy, despite the sites being both eye sores and highly disruptive to the actual environment it claims to protect.
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