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policy instrument
Trump 2026 Budget Plan
Jurisdiction countryUnited States
Instrument typeprocurement
Authoritygovernment
PathwaysDirect air capture
Scopecarbon removal only
Statusproposed
DetailProposed budget cuts federal energy programs including direct air capture projects. White House characterizes renewable energy and CDR investments as unreliable and costly. Budget serves as touchstone for fiscal year debates but does not automatically become law. Cuts also eliminate funding for EPA research grants to NGOs and ARPA-E funding for certain climate technologies, while refocusing on bas
Monetary noteCancels $15.2 billion in IIJA funding for renewable energy, CDR, and cleantech; $6 billion in IIJA funds for EV charging and battery makers; $100 million in EPA Environmental Justice contributions; $1.3 million in NOAA grants; $2.5 billion from EERE; $80 million in Department of Interior renewable energy programs; $408 million from Office of Nuclear Energy; $270 million from Office of Fossil Energ
Stated statusproposed
Pathway scopespecific
Pathway notebudget cancels 'direct air capture projects' while also cutting broader IIJA CDR funding and refocusing on bioenergy research
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