$600B of Biden’s clean energy funding survives Trump’s cuts

The Trump administration came into office with a clear mandate to dismantle its predecessor’s climate agenda. More than 18 months later, roughly $600 billion in congressionally approved clean energy spending is still sitting on the table, largely intact. A Politico analysis from August 2026 lays out the scorecard. What actually got cut, and what didn’t The administration’s biggest win came on tax incentives. Over $540 billion in clean-energy tax breaks, covering electric vehicles and renewable technologies, were eliminated. Of the nearly $1 trillion in direct spending components, the Trump administration targeted roughly $60 billion for cuts. That’s about 6% of the total. Even that relatively modest target has been stuck in litigation and bureaucratic disputes for the better part of a year and a half. The Department of Energy reviewed its funding awards and, in most cases, maintained or restored them. The Environmental Protection Agency took a harder line, terminating grants totaling $29 billion. Courts have since reinstated some of those awards, leaving the final tally still unsettled. The political geography of the cuts At least $30 billion in terminated awards were concentrated ...