Last week, Congress passed President Trump’s so-called “OBBB” bill — a dangerous and costly proposal that threatens Arizona’s clean energy future, working families and seniors.
The bill hands massive tax breaks to the ultra-wealthy and big corporations while slashing Medicaid and food assistance for children, and repealing critical clean energy investments that lower energy bills and create good-paying jobs here in Arizona.
In 2024, the max temperature in Phoenix sat at or above 100 degrees for approximately 30% of the year — and that non-stop consecutive heat has environmental advocates and doctors worried about the years to come as climate change continues to make the world and Arizona hotter.
Yesterday, United States District Court Judge Tana Lin for the U.S. District Court in the Western District of Washington issued a preliminary injunction lifting the Trump administration’s unlawful freeze of federal funding for the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program. NEVI is a transformative $5 billion initiative to build reliable and convenient fast charging stations for electric vehicles along major highways nationwide.
Today, the Arizona Commerce Authority released new numbers highlighting the jobs and business investment at risk due to cuts from the Congressional Reconciliation Bill. In total, the reckless legislation would put 69,000 jobs and $58 billion in investments in Arizona at risk.
Trump’s policies are already threatening our energy independence – and Congressional Republicans would make it that much worse. Since November, over $86 billion in investments have been put at risk
The lawmakers said they’re “deeply concerned” by some of the Trump agenda bill’s provisions and called for changes to mitigate “significant disruption” to certain projects.
The economic news coming out of Washington these days is enough to confuse the savviest of business owners. But let’s be clear: The dual prospect of cuts to federal clean energy investments and the imposition of tariffs could threaten the gains we’ve seen across Arizona’s clean energy sector in recent years.
More than $14 billion in clean energy investments in the U.S. have been canceled or delayed this year, according to an analysis released Thursday, as President Donald Trump’s pending megabill has raised fears over the future of domestic battery, electric vehicle and solar and wind energy development.
