A To-Do List for Destroying the Climate
What Programs Are Under Attack as Congress Hammers Out a Budget
The following funding opportunities for clean, renewable and equitable energy programs would have been major steps forward — and perhaps our last chance — to cool down and continue to heal an overheated planet.
But that’s not in the forecast for the new administration, which seems like an old one already.
Below are two lists of potential funding vehicles that could be killed in House committees as work on Trump’s Big Beautiful spending bill continues on the Hill. (A shout-out to Timothy Grubbs of The Adjacent Possible for keeping an eye on the darkside of DC and passing this info along.)
Endangered in Tucson
The grants and loan programs under siege among members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee are listed here. Most of these are for what Trump especially disdains: help for those who truly need a helping hand.
In Tucson, one concern is for the now-frozen $20 million EPA grant awarded to the Primavera Foundation under the newly threatened Environmental and Climate Justice Block Grants.
“The funding would create new greenways along major traffic corridors in Tucson’s most vulnerable neighborhoods by planting trees and shrubs, installing stormwater harvesting basins, and removing thousands of square feet of asphalt. The Collaborative for an Adaptable and Resilient Tucson (CART) project will also increase shade at bus stops and install solar and energy storage at three resilience hubs. The project also will offer home energy audits for 350 households; provide energy-efficient appliance and HVAC upgrades for 200 households; identify lead hazards in homes and refer them for mitigation; and install solar on at least six multi-family and single-family homes.” (See Arizona Impacts by Program.)
Other clean-energy funding that could be wiped out:
Title 17 Clean Energy Loan Guarantees (Core Department of Energy Loan Programs Office funding) that address air quality and GHG reduction.
Energy Infrastructure Reinvestments.
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.
Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program.
Training for Residential Energy Contractors (TREC).
Funding to Address Air Pollution.
Funding to Address Air Pollution at Schools.
Low Emissions Electricity Program.
Clean Air Act Investments (section 211(o) of the Clean Air Act, regulation of fuels).
EPA Integrated Compliance Information System (ICIS) updates.
Greenhouse gas corporate reporting.
Environmental Product Declaration Assistance.
Department Environmental Reviews.
Low-embodied Carbon Labeling for Construction Materials.
Clean energy tax incentives identified by the House Ways and Means Committee, most of which were part of the Biden Administration’s Big Beautiful Inflation Reduction Act.
End tax credit for a new electric vehicle on December 31, 2025, with one exception: Retain the new electric vehicle tax credit until the end of 2026 for new electric vehicles for automakers that have sold fewer than 200,000 tax credit-qualified cars between 2010 and the end of this year.
End tax credit for used Electric Vehicles by the end of 2025.
End tax credit for commercial Electric Vehicles by the end of 2025.
Terminate tax credit for residential Electric Vehicle chargers by the end of 2025.
Start phasing down Clean Electricity Investment and Production tax credits starting in 2029, instead of 2032. Ends the credits in 2032 instead of 2035. (Read rebuttal.)
End incentives for wind energy components such as blades, towers, and gearboxes in 2028.
Repeal tax credits for residential energy efficiency improvements at the end of 2025, including:
The Energy Efficiency Home Improvement Credit ($3,200 per year for home energy audits, energy-saving windows and doors, air sealing and insulation, heat pumps, and new electrical panels).
The Residential Clean Energy Credit (30% off the cost of solar panels and battery systems).
Tax Credit for New Energy Efficient homes ($5,000 subsidy for construction contractors).
This sucks, but terrific reporting, Karen.