Councillors’ incentives for taxpayer-funded “green energy fools” trigger a blockade
First on Fox: House Republicans are seeking to prevent the use of taxpayers’ money to inspire what they call “green energy fools” on agricultural land, citing that subsidies could cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars over the next decade.
Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-Wis).
The bill, titled the Future Agricultural Retention and Management Act (FARM), does not prevent developers from building wind turbines or solar panels, but ends the use of federal funds to encourage such projects.
“The taxpayer’s money should not be used to sacrifice farmland as green space,” Tiffany told Fox News Digital in a statement. “The Farm Act ends unreliable energy for corporate welfare and ensures that agricultural land is protected for future generations.”
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Rep. Tom Tiffany introduced the future Agriculture Retention and Management Act, which was first digitalized with Fox News. (Fox News figures)
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Renewable subsidies for clean energy projects, such as wind and solar, could cost taxpayers $424.6 billion over the next decade, according to a 2024-2033 Treasury analysis cited by Republican congressmen in a press release.
The MP said he introduced the Agricultural Act after hearing “worrying too much farmland is taken away” among his voters, driven by more green energy projects.
Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-Wisc). (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc)
If the bill passes, Tiffany hopes it will “protect family farms for generations, save U.S. farmland and protect long-term food security”, citing a USDA report (USDA), revealing that in 2022, U.S. farmland fell 6.9% from 2017, a total of 20.1 million acres.
Members representing legislation include R-Va. Representing Ben Cline, Warren Davidson of R-Ohio and Roger Williams of R-Texas.
Wind and solar panels merged in desert alternative energy sites in Mojave, California. (Visions of Joe Som, USA)
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The bill comes as the Biden administration pushes to use federal funds to incentivize green energy projects, such as the USDA’s Rural Energy Program, which provides grants to agricultural producers to provide large and large wind and solar production.
