US President Donald Trump’s administration cancelled nearly $8 billion in energy project funding nationwide, sparking outrage from Democrats who call the move political retaliation. Nowhere is the impact felt more sharply than in Illinois and particularly in the Chicago area which faces a staggering $583 million in losses.

How Chicago Got Hit The Hardest?

According to Democrats in Congress, who released details after the Energy Department declined to do so, Illinois had 33 awards terminated, worth $673 million in total, though about $90 million had already been spent. That leaves $583 million in funding abruptly cancelled.

The single biggest hit is to GTI Energy in Des Plaines, which saw more than $400 million in awards scrapped for carbon capture and methane emissions research. Exelon

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