The Trump administration has canceled half of a billion dollars in funding for climate-related projects in Colorado.

The Department of Energy says the projects don't advance the nation's energy needs and aren't economically viable. But Democrats say the move is politically motivated as Congress remains deadlocked over federal funding and the government remains shut down.

In all, DOE eliminated $7.6 billion in projects in 16 states, all of which are led by Democrats. But some of the projects are in Republican congressional districts, including a $27 million grant in Colorado's 8th Congressional District, which Rep. Gabe Evans, a Republican, represents.

Colorado lost nearly three dozen grants funding everything from electric battery recycling to energy efficiency improvements and

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