President Donald Trump on Friday torpedoed a series of Biden-era renewable energy policies.
Trump’s order rescinds a total of 19 actions taken by the Biden administration on issues ranging from Covid-19 response and infant formula to LGBTQ rights and the promotion of renewable energy.
Among the policies that got the ax: President Joe Biden’s 2022 moves to use a Cold War-era law to help spur domestic production of technologies including solar panels, heat pumps and building insulation.
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Biden had invoked the Defense Production Act, which gives presidents broad authority to force production of supplies during national emergencies, to boost manufacturing of those products.
