According to foreign media reports, on January 12, the Federal District Court of Washington, D.C., ruled that the Trump Administration's move to terminate nearly $ 8 billion in new energy project funding was unconstitutional .
Reported that the court judge Amit Mehta issued a 17-page ruling that the U.S. Department of Energy's termination of funding violated the "equal protection clause" of the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
According to reports, the court found that the previous decisions of the U.S. Department of Energy were mainly aimed at the "blue state" (Democratic-led state) recipients, while the "red state" (Republican-led state) agencies that received federal funds to carry out similar projects were mostly unaffected. This has resulted in differential treatment among hundreds of projects nationwide.
The final court ruling required the Department of Energy to reinstate seven specific grants totaling $ 27.6 million. These funds are only part of more than 200 energy projects that were announced to be terminated last year.
It is understood that in October 2025, the U.S. Department of Energy announced the termination of 223 energy projects, with a total of about $ 7.56 billion. The project mainly involves clean energy and renewable energy .
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