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Trump Administration Freezes $250 Million Electric Truck Grant
Season 2025
Episode 364
The $250 million, which would fund about 500 electric trucks serving the ports of LA and Long Beach, remains frozen as a legal dispute plays out between the EPA, a bank and a green energy group.
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