Federal judge strikes down Trump policy restricting renewable energy tax credits
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A U.S. federal judge vacated a Trump administration policy that made it harder for wind and solar energy projects to claim federal tax subsidies. The ruling by Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly is the latest legal setback to President Trump's efforts to slow clean energy development, which he has criticized as unreliable and unfairly subsidized.
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· 3 pulledJudge tosses trump's effort to stop renewable credits
The decision is the latest legal blow to U.S. President Donald Trump's wide-ranging efforts to slow development of clean energy technologies
Trump has said [renewables] are unreliable and unfairly subsidized
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