The economic cost of Trump’s clean energy rollbacks has been enormous—and it’s still growing

It’s been a little more than a year since the One Big Beautiful Bill Act began dismantling federal clean energy incentives—just one part of the Trump administration’s broader attacks on renewables, from freezing funds and canceling permits to paying developers to cancel plans for offshore wind . A new report tallies what the policy shift has cost the economy. More than 200 major clean energy projects were cancelled, closed, or downsized between the beginning of 2025 and May 2026, according to a