A truck enters the JBS met processing plant, April 16, 2025, in Panhandle, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Isaac Young, 5, right, and his big sister Gianna Young, 7, look at his one-year baby book during a homeschool break in the dining room of their Sunbury, Ohio, home on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Lucas Young, 8, plays the piano during homeschooling on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, in Sunbury, Ohio. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Lucas Young, 8, plays the piano during homeschooling on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, in Sunbury, Ohio. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)A paper cutout of The Last Supper, the last supper of Jesus with the Twelve Apostles, from the Gospel of John, is seen atop the piano in the Young’s Sunbury, Ohio, home on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)A paper cutout of The Last Supper, the last supper of Jesus with the Twelve Apostles, from the Gospel of John, is seen atop the piano in the Young’s Sunbury, Ohio, home on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Isaac Young, 5, rests his cheek on the family horse Rusty’s forehead during farm chores before homeschooling, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, in Sunbury, Ohio. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Isaac Young, 5, rests his cheek on the family horse Rusty’s forehead during farm chores before homeschooling, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, in Sunbury, Ohio. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
A “Pray for America” sticker is on the kitchen door of Erin and Mike Young’s home in Sunbury, Ohio, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, where they live with their three adopted children, Lucas, 8, Gianna, 7, and Isaac, 5. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
A “Pray for America” sticker is on the kitchen door of Erin and Mike Young’s home in Sunbury, Ohio, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, where they live with their three adopted children, Lucas, 8, Gianna, 7, and Isaac, 5. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)It is part of Wright’s
“responsible” spending — aligning with the government’s broader efficiency and cost-cutting measures, such as those recommended by the Department of Government Efficiency, which has significantly impacted federal research, workers and agencies.“While the previous administration failed to conduct a thorough financial review before signing away billions of taxpayer dollars, the Trump administration is doing our due diligence to ensure we are utilizing taxpayer dollars to strengthen our national security, bolster affordable, reliable energy sources and advance projects that generate the highest possible return on investment,” Wright said in Friday’s statement.
Moreover, the announcement marks the latest of the administration’s attacks on clean energy, broadly, and its effort to slash federal support for projects addressing climate change.The Trump administration has taken an ax to Biden-era environmental ambitions, rolled back landmark regulations, withdrawn climate project funding, and instead bolstered support for oil and gas production in the name of an “American energy dominance” agenda.