
FEATURE-Alaska residents fear rising energy costs as Trump seeks to drill
Published on: Sept. 15, 2025, 6:32 p.m. | Source: Devdiscourse
Not only is President Donald Trump's administration planning to phase out federal funding and tax breaks for renewable energy projects, but it is proposing to lift limits set under former President Joe Biden on oil and natural gas drilling in Alaska. Plans to add wind and solar power sources to the Alaskan energy grid have been upended, with leading companies canceling or pausing renewable energy projects.