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The Department of Energy’s handling of clean-energy grants has prompted court challenges, settlements, and scrutiny of how awards were canceled or redirected.
The disputes involve projects ranging from hydrogen and critical-mineral recovery to batteries, solar power, carbon capture, and grid infrastructure. Federal judges have ordered or approved restoration of canceled awards, including 11 grants totaling $82.1 million, while filings have raised questions about equal protection, administrative authority, project viability, and the role of recipient-state politics. The subject also includes congressional and fiscal oversight of DOE’s funding decisions and their consequences for project developers, communities, and clean-energy investment.
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The U.S. Department of Energy, citing grid reliability concerns, announced in a recent funding notice that it will redirect carbon capture and rural energy funds to support coal plant projects across the United States.
1/15/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
GAO reported potential appropriations-law issues in DOE fiscal year 2025 clean-energy funding changes, including geothermal over-enactment and solar and wind cuts, with related litigation continuing in Washington, D.C.
6/5/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in January 2026 overturned a district court order restoring Inflation Reduction Act and infrastructure-funded environmental justice and climate grants across multiple U.S. communities.
1/23/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
U.S. Department of Energy reverses terminations of 11 clean-energy grants after equal protection litigation, while the UK advances a UnionDAC direct air capture facility.
Chris Wright and the U.S. Energy Department, during a court case in Washington, acknowledged in court filings that $7.6 billion in clean-energy grants were canceled based on recipient states' political identity.
7/24/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
The Trump administration acknowledged in court filings that DOE canceled $7.6 billion in clean-energy grants for hundreds of projects in Democrat-voting states, drawing litigation and investigation.
7/24/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Judge Beryl Howell ordered USDA to reinstate 24 land access grants totaling 127 million dollars on June 30 while litigation over climate and DEI-based grant cancellations continues.
7/6/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
On June 11, a U.S. judge vacated DOE grant cancellations, reinstating 82.1 million dollars for energy efficiency, solar, and hydrogen projects in Colorado, Connecticut, Oregon, Minnesota, and New York.
6/19/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Richard Gergel ruled in South Carolina that EPA’s termination of the Inflation Reduction Act Environmental and Climate Justice Block Grant Program was unlawful.
6/17/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
U.S. District Court Judge Amit Mehta vacated DOE cancellations of 11 clean energy grants, prompting expected reinstatement of $82.1 million tied to projects in multiple states.
6/12/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
DOE agreed in federal court to reinstate 11 canceled clean-energy awards this week, building on an earlier Mehta order after equal-protection allegations.
6/11/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
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