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Trump officials cancel major solar project in latest hit to renewable energy

Esmeralda 7 would have been one of biggest solar power projects and produced enough energy to power 2m homes

The Trump administration has killed a massive proposed solar power project in Nevada that would have been one of the largest in the world, indicating that the White House plans to attack not only wind power but all renewable energy.

On Thursday, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) changed the status of the Esmeralda 7 project to say its environmental review has been “cancelled”, climate publication Heatmap first reported. The agency provided no explanation and did not respond to a request for comment.

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