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Future of nation’s energy grid hurt by Trump’s funding cuts

  • Written by Roshanak (Roshi) Nateghi, Associate Professor of Sustainability, Georgetown University
imageLarge-capacity electrical wires carry power from one place to another around the nation.Stephanie Tacy/NurPhoto via Getty Images

The Trump administration’s widespread cancellation and freezing of clean energy funding is also hitting essential work to improve the nation’s power grid. That includes investments in grid modernization,...

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