{"id":2400201,"date":"2025-02-07T09:41:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T14:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-escalates-war-on-green-new-deal-with-cut-to-5-billion-ev-chargers-program-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-07T09:42:17","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T14:42:17","slug":"trump-escalates-war-on-green-new-deal-with-cut-to-5-billion-ev-chargers-program-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-escalates-war-on-green-new-deal-with-cut-to-5-billion-ev-chargers-program-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump escalates war on Green New Deal with cut to $5 billion EV chargers program &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-escalates-war-on-green-new-deal-with-cut-to-5-billion-ev-chargers-program-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2400201&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The \u200barticle discusses the Trump governance&#8217;s recent decision to halt \u2063a $5 billion electric vehicle (EV) charging \u200cprogram, which was \u200ca part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law signed\u200c by former President\u2062 Biden in 2021.The \u2064Federal Highway Administration issued a memo instructing states to stop participating \u2064in the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure\u2064 program, which aimed to expand EV charging stations along interstate highways. This action \u2063aligns with an \u200dexecutive order signed by Trump that seeks to dismantle progressive environmental policies associated \u200cwith the Green New Deal.<\/p>\n<p>The Green New Deal,introduced in 2019\u2062 by representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and\u2063 Senator Edward Markey,aimed to\u200c combat climate change by \u2063achieving net-zero\u2063 carbon emissions and overhauling transportation systems. While the Biden administration incorporated aspects of\u200c the Green New Deal into legislation, Trump&#8217;s executive order targets those provisions directly, including plans for funding \u200bEV chargers.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the announcement, some industry leaders, such as Ryan Gallentine from Advanced Energy United, stated that states \u200bare not obligated to cease projects based on this memo and should continue with the program until new guidance is provided. The article highlights the ongoing political divide over environmental policies and the implications for electric vehicle infrastructure advancement in the\u2063 U.S.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump escalates war on Green New Deal with cut to $5 billion EV chargers program<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1287664\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>As part of its continued war on the &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/green-new-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Green New Deal<\/a>,&rdquo; the Trump administration ordered states to end a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/buttigieg-tries-fact-checking-elon-and-don-jr-on-evs\/\" title=\"Buttigieg Tries Fact-Checking Elon and Don Jr. on ...s\">multi-billion dollar program<\/a> to build<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/electric-vehicles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> electric vehicle<\/a> chargers along interstate highways.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>On Thursday, the Federal Highway Administration released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fhwa.dot.gov\/environment\/nevi\/resources\/state-plan-approval-suspension.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">memo<\/a> directing states to halt the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure program, a $5 billion provision under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law signed by former President Joe Biden in 2021. The law also included another $2.5 billion for EV chargers in communities and neighborhoods.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The memo seeks to implement an executive order declared by President Donald Trump on Inauguration Day targeting the Green New Deal, or progressive environmental policies that found their way into legislation signed by Biden in 2021. The Green New Deal intertwined with EV policies due to its goals of &ldquo;overhauling transportation systems&rdquo; to reduce emissions, including expanding EV manufacturing and building EV &ldquo;charging stations everywhere.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3292730\/all-executive-orders-actions-trump-first-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FULL LIST OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS, ACTIONS, AND PROCLAMATIONS TRUMP HAS MADE AS PRESIDENT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law&rsquo;s goal surrounding federally subsidizing EV chargers targeted building 500,000 chargers in the country by 2030. By December of 2023, a single charging station had yet to be installed, while the analytics firm Paren reported 55 charging stations had been built as of February 2025.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ryan Gallentine, managing director at the national business association Advanced Energy United, vowed to defy the executive order in comments to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/climate-environment\/2025\/02\/06\/trump-ev-charging-halt-transportation-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><em>Washington Post<\/em><\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>States &ldquo;are under no obligation to stop these projects based solely on this announcement,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;We call on state DOTs and program administrators to continue executing this program until new guidance is finalized.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On the day he took office, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/01\/unleashing-american-energy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">signed an executive order<\/a> terminating the Green New Deal. The president also put his signature to an executive action eliminating EV &ldquo;mandates.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Today, we will end the Green New Deal, and we will revoke the electric vehicle mandate, saving our auto industry and keeping my sacred pledge to our great American autoworkers,&rdquo; he said, ripping the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/314828\/the-inflation-reduction-act-doesnt-reduce-inflation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Inflation Reduction Act<\/a> on Jan. 20. &ldquo;In other words, you&rsquo;ll be able to buy the car of your choice.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The EV order terminated &ldquo;where appropriate, state emissions waivers that function to limit sales of gasoline-powered automobiles; and by considering the elimination of unfair subsidies and other <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">ill-conceived government-imposed market distortions<\/a> that favor EVs over other technologies and effectively mandate their purchase by individuals, private businesses, and government entities alike by rendering other types of vehicles unaffordable.&rdquo;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Under the terms of Trump&rsquo;s executive order on the Green New Deal, federal agencies were directed to &ldquo;immediately pause the disbursement of funds appropriated&rdquo; through the Inflation Reduction Act and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, &ldquo;including but not limited to funds for electric vehicle charging stations made available through the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program and the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Discretionary Grant Program.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Green New Deal refers to a resolution introduced by Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Alexandria-Ocasio-Cortez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> (D-NY) and Sen. Edward Markey (D-MA) in 2019.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., addresses the Road to the Green New Deal Tour final event at Howard University in Washington, Monday, May 13, 2019. (AP Photo\/Cliff Owen)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Citing the &ldquo;existential threat&rdquo; of climate change, also described as &ldquo;the most pressing problem facing our generation,&rdquo; the resolution outlined a host of ambitious goals, including achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050, overhauling U.S. transportation systems, launching a &ldquo;10-year national mobilization&rdquo; to meet 100% of power demand through clean, renewable, and zero-emission energy sources, and upgrading all existing U.S. buildings and build new buildings, to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-five-craziest-bills-ever-proposed-by-aoc\/\" title=\"The Five Craziest Bills ...er Proposed By AOC\">achieve maximum energy efficiency<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We need bold action to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, and we may have as few as 12 years to achieve it,&rdquo; the Democratic lawmakers warned.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>During a March 2019 vote, Senate Republicans blocked the resolution, and most Democrats declined to advance the measure, instead voting present. Three centrist Democrats at the time, Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV), Doug Jones (D-AL), and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) joined Republicans in voting against the Green New Deal.<\/p>\n<p>However, a few years later, Biden signed key tenets of the Green New Deal into law through his administration&rsquo;s signature Inflation Reduction Act and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which awarded billions to climate change agenda items.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1287664\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1287664\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump intensifies attack on Green New Deal, halting $5B EV charger program<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2400202,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Trump-inaugura.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32820,36979,3634],"class_list":["post-2400201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-ev-chargers","tag-green-new-deal","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Trump-inaugura.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2400201"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2400205,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400201\/revisions\/2400205"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2400202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2400201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2400201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2400201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}