The Trump administration may cut funding for two major direct-air-capture plants
James Temple
created: Oct. 7, 2025, 6:29 p.m. | updated: Oct. 13, 2025, 12:21 p.m.
The list features a "latest status" column, which includes the word "terminate" next to the roughly $50 million award amounts for each project.
Those line up with the initial tranche of Department of Energy funding for each development.
According to the original announcement in 2023, the projects could have received $500 million or more in total grants as they proceeded.
It’s not clear if the termination of the initial grants would mean the full funding would also be canceled.
But the uncertainty certainly doesn’t help projects.”A DOE spokesman stressed that no final decision has been made.
2 months ago: MIT Technology Review