Earlier this month, the Trump administration announced that it would slash $7.5 billion worth of Joe Biden–era green energy projects in blue states. The cancellation of federal energy spending has now extended to Republican states, too.

On Monday, E&E News reported that the Energy Department had "canceled more than $700 million in battery and manufacturing awards" in the second week of October. This swath includes grants for "Ascend Elements, American Battery Technology Co., Anovion and ICL Specialty Products," and "glass manufacturer LuxWall," per E&E. All of these companies had plans to break ground on projects in states that voted for President Donald Trump in the last presidential election.

Ascend, the largest grant recipient of the group, specializes in creating cathodes—the positiv

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