Court Blocks Trump Clean Energy Grants Ruling 2026 for Democratic States
A US judge has ruled the Trump administration's cancellation of $7.6bn in clean energy grants was illegal. Discover the details of the Trump clean energy grants ruling 2026.
A $7.6 billion political gamble just hit a legal wall. On January 12, 2026, a US federal judge ruled that President Donald Trump’s administration acted illegally when it rescinded massive clean energy grants from states that favored the Democratic ticket in the 2024 election.
The Impact of the Trump Clean Energy Grants Ruling 2026
US District Judge Amit Mehta stated the administration’s actions violated the Constitution’s equal protection requirements. The decision highlights that the termination of funds specifically targeted 16 states, including California and New Jersey, based on their voting records. These grants were vital for hydrogen technology and battery plants, projects the Trump administration labeled as "the Left’s climate agenda."
Defendants freely admit that they made grant-termination decisions primarily—if not exclusively—based on whether the awardee resided in a state whose citizens voted for President Trump in 2024.
A Second Legal Blow to Energy Rollbacks
The administration isn't backing down. Department of Energy spokesman Ben Dietderich says they stand by their review process, arguing that the projects didn't justify taxpayer spending. However, this wasn't the only loss for the White House on Monday. Another federal judge ruled that work on a major offshore wind farm for Rhode Island must resume, directly defying Trump's campaign promise to shut down the wind industry.
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