USDA Ends Funding for Wind and Solar Energy Projects on Farmland
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Summary
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it will stop funding wind and solar energy projects on American farmland, continuing the Trump administration's policy of reducing support for renewables while favoring fossil fuels and biofuels. The decision was announced by Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins at a Tennessee state fairground, citing concerns about farmland being consumed by renewable energy facilities, despite these occupying only a tiny fraction of the country's productive agricultural acres.
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a move that continues the Trump administration's attempts to kill incentives for renewables while it boosts support for fossil fuels and land-hungry, energy inefficient biofuels
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said Monday that the agency will no longer allow 'businesses to use your taxpayer dollars to fund solar projects on prime American farmland'
the agency said it's concerned that farmland is being consumed by wind and solar facilities—which occupy a tiny fraction of the country's productive acres
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