Climate Politics
Trump’s Treasury Set to Decide Fate of Hundreds of Wind, Solar Projects
Tax guidance due next week threatens the financial viability of projects across the US.
Modules at a solar plant near Desert Center, California.
Photographer: Lauren Justice/BloombergA Treasury Department decision due next week threatens to undermine the financial viability of hundreds of planned clean energy projects, adding to an escalating Trump administration campaign against wind and solar power.
President Donald Trump last month ordered the department to tighten long-standing guidance used to determine whether projects can qualify for clean-energy tax credits.