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Raw Story: Joe Biden rushes to 'Trump-proof' one of his legacy achievements: report
Raw Story - Joe Biden rushes to 'Trump-proof' one of his legacy achievements: report
Sarah K. Burris
November 29, 2024 3:03PM ET
Donald Trump's inauguration is approaching, and outgoing President Joe Biden is at work trying to protect some of his flagship policies that have been passed in the last four years.
Among them, the Wall Street Journal pointed to the CHIPS and Science Act, which helped increase domestic manufacturing for memory chips built in the United States. One economic expert even warned that if Trump were to kill the Biden program it could cost the U.S. up to $1 trillion.
Another is Biden's landmark investment in clean energy, through a lending program in the Department of Energy.
The DoE is among departments that Republicans demanded to be cut in the 2016 elections. Now Trump is returning, and his allies' "Project 2025" blueprint argues for a roll-back of programs that aid in climate science programs.
Under the new Trump administration, the Loan Programs Office "could stop making loans from the program." The report said it "was largely dormant during his first term."
There are a number of clean-energy projects happening at ports around the country and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) doled out $3 billion to ports to invest in green technologies.
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Sarah K. Burris
November 29, 2024 3:03PM ET
Donald Trump's inauguration is approaching, and outgoing President Joe Biden is at work trying to protect some of his flagship policies that have been passed in the last four years.
Among them, the Wall Street Journal pointed to the CHIPS and Science Act, which helped increase domestic manufacturing for memory chips built in the United States. One economic expert even warned that if Trump were to kill the Biden program it could cost the U.S. up to $1 trillion.
Another is Biden's landmark investment in clean energy, through a lending program in the Department of Energy.
The DoE is among departments that Republicans demanded to be cut in the 2016 elections. Now Trump is returning, and his allies' "Project 2025" blueprint argues for a roll-back of programs that aid in climate science programs.
Under the new Trump administration, the Loan Programs Office "could stop making loans from the program." The report said it "was largely dormant during his first term."
There are a number of clean-energy projects happening at ports around the country and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) doled out $3 billion to ports to invest in green technologies.
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