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More anti Republic rulings from District Court judges.
Judges who now want to control all policy.
The true threat to the remains of the Republic wear black robes.
Nor are wind and solar "clean". In fact, almost all solar panels used in large projects are made in China, using fossil fuels, then shipped on fossil fueled vessel, then fossil fuel powered trains and trucks, requiring massive fossil fuel construction equipment, including vast amounts of mining and concrete production.
Judges who now want to control all policy.
The true threat to the remains of the Republic wear black robes.
Nor are wind and solar "clean". In fact, almost all solar panels used in large projects are made in China, using fossil fuels, then shipped on fossil fueled vessel, then fossil fuel powered trains and trucks, requiring massive fossil fuel construction equipment, including vast amounts of mining and concrete production.
A U.S. judge vacated a Trump administration policy implemented last year that made it harder for wind and solar energy projects to claim federal tax subsidies, according to court documents.
The decision is the latest legal blow āto U.S. President Donald Trump's wide-ranging efforts to slow development of clean energy technologies, which he has said are unreliable and unfairly subsidized.
In a ruling on Saturday, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia said the Treasury Department's Internal Revenue Service had failed to give an adequate reason for eliminating a ā longstanding definition for what it means for a project to be considered under construction.
Under federal law, clean energy projects must begin construction by July 4 of this year or enter service by the end of 2027 to qualify for a 30% tax credit and bonuses that can push the subsidy even higher.
For a decade, project developers had been able to "safe habor" projects for four years either by showing substantial and continuous physical work or by incurring 5% of total costs before a credit expired.
IRS rules unveiled last August eliminated āthe ā 5% provision except for the smallest projects. Judge Kollar-Kotelly's decision sent the IRS rules notice back "for further consideration."
The lawsuit challenging the IRS rules was filed last year by plaintiffs, including environmental groups Oregon Environmental Council and Natural Resources Defense Council, consumer advocacy organization Public Citizen, the city of ā San Francisco and clean energy consulting firm Woven Energy.
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The decision is the latest legal blow āto U.S. President Donald Trump's wide-ranging efforts to slow development of clean energy technologies, which he has said are unreliable and unfairly subsidized.
In a ruling on Saturday, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia said the Treasury Department's Internal Revenue Service had failed to give an adequate reason for eliminating a ā longstanding definition for what it means for a project to be considered under construction.
Under federal law, clean energy projects must begin construction by July 4 of this year or enter service by the end of 2027 to qualify for a 30% tax credit and bonuses that can push the subsidy even higher.
For a decade, project developers had been able to "safe habor" projects for four years either by showing substantial and continuous physical work or by incurring 5% of total costs before a credit expired.
IRS rules unveiled last August eliminated āthe ā 5% provision except for the smallest projects. Judge Kollar-Kotelly's decision sent the IRS rules notice back "for further consideration."
The lawsuit challenging the IRS rules was filed last year by plaintiffs, including environmental groups Oregon Environmental Council and Natural Resources Defense Council, consumer advocacy organization Public Citizen, the city of ā San Francisco and clean energy consulting firm Woven Energy.
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