Former President Donald Trump has pledged to place Elon Musk in charge of a “government efficiency commission” and to revoke unspent climate law funds if he wins in November. The announcement was made during a speech at the Economic Club of New York ahead of his debate against Vice President Kamala Harris. The commission’s first task will be to eliminate fraud and improper payments from government regulation. Trump also plans to eliminate at least 10 regulations for every new rule, an expansion of his first-term policy that resulted in more than five cuts for each new rule. The former president also announced that he would rescind all unspet funds under the Inflation Reduction Act, the Biden administration’s signature climate law.

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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has published data showing that solar accounted for over 75% of US electrical generating







