四名参议院民主党人正在向特朗普政府官员施压，要求在一项关键的许可法案投票前，开始恢复数十亿美元的清洁能源拨款。
Four Senate Democrats are pressing Trump officials to begin restoring billions of dollars in clean energy grants before a key vote on the permitting deal. Why it matters:
为何重要：两党法案在跛脚鸭会期通过的路径变得更加艰难。
path for the bipartisan bill in the lame duck session just got steeper.
大局：在首轮投票前，这四位参议员——塔米·达克沃斯（伊利诺伊州）、罗恩·怀登（俄勒冈州）、爱德华·马基（马萨诸塞州）和杰夫·默克利（俄勒冈州）——希望特朗普助手指示能源部：
The big picture: Before the first vote, the senators — Tammy Duckworth (Ill.), Ron Wyden (Ore.), Ed Markey (Mass.), and Jeff Merkley (Ore.) — want Trump aides to tell the Energy Department to:
- 开始恢复2025年10月被终止且尚未恢复的拨款，并给出明确的完成时间表，允许受款方按原条款动用资金。
• Begin reinstating grants terminated in October 2025 that have not already been restored with a clear timeline for completion, and allow recipients to draw on the funds under the original terms.
- 以书面形式承诺，不因某州的政治倾向或其官员的党派而取消拨款。
• Pledge in writing not to cancel grants based on the political hue of a state or its officials.
新闻背景：他们致法案起草人的新信函虽未发出最后通牒，但表示如果采取这些步骤将具有“强有力的说服力”。
Driving the news: Their new letter to the bill's authors stops shy of an ultimatum, but says it would be "compelling" if these steps occurred.
- 信函显示出对该法案的深切忧虑，认为它可能为特朗普提供新工具以偏袒化石燃料。
• It shows deep misgivings about the bill, arguing it could provide new tools for Trump to favor fossil fuels.
- 信中称：“BAAJA（该法案首字母缩写）的承诺只有在特朗普总统确保其被忠实执行时才能兑现。特朗普政府的记录给了我们没有任何理由假设他会这样做。”
• "[T]he promise of BAAJA will only succeed if President Trump takes care that it is faithfully executed. The Trump administration's record gives us no basis to assume that he will," the letter states, calling the bill by its acronym.
快速回顾：信函回顾了拜登时代拨款被叫停的过程，以及白宫预算局局长拉塞尔·沃特列出2024年未投票给特朗普的州名单。
Catch up quick: The letter recounts the scuttling of Biden-era grants, and White House budget chief Russ Vought listing states that did not vote for President Trump in 2024.
- 能源部在一份法庭文件中承认，2025年10月选定终止的拨款是基于政治考量。
• The Energy Department has acknowledged, in a court filing, that selections of grants for termination in October 2025 were based on politics.
- 信中指出：“恢复‘被非法终止的能源部清洁能源奖励，将是迈向许可公平的一个虽小但重要的第一步’。”
• Restoring "unlawfully terminated DOE clean energy awards would be a small but important first step" toward fairness in permitting, it states.
摩擦点：联合起草人、参议员谢尔登·怀特豪斯（民主党-罗德岛州）和马丁·海因里希（民主党-新墨西哥州）希望看到联邦政府批准更多停滞的可再生能源项目。
Friction point: Co-authors Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) want to see more federal approvals of stalled renewables projects.
- 他们称政府最近的一些举措是朝着正确方向迈出的一步。但这封新信函显示，其他议员对政府另有单独诉求。
• They've called some recent administration moves a step in the right direction. • But the new letter shows that other lawmakers have separate asks of the administration.
已有部分众议院民主党人批评法案的其他条款，并呼吁修改，例如其对部落在能源项目中发言权的影响。
• Already, some House Democrats have criticized other portions of the bill and called for changes, such as its effects on tribal input into energy projects.
现状：根据2021年基础设施法和2022年《通胀削减法案》被取消或冻结的数十亿美元拨款的状态，是一个不断变化的法律和行政目标。
State of play: The status of billions of dollars in scuttled or frozen grants— under the 2021 infrastructure and 2022 Inflation Reduction Act — is a moving legal and administrative target.
- 根据能源部校友网络和“为良好政府而律师”组织本月发布的一份报告，许多拨款处于“悬而未决”状态。
• Many are in "limbo," per a report this month from the DOE Alumni Network and Lawyers for Good Government.
- 该报告还发现，能源部保留的大多数项目获得的资金“微乎其微”。
• It also found that most projects DOE retained have received "negligible" funding.
- 2025年10月的取消行动主要针对蓝州，但更广泛的延误和不确定性已影响到不同政治倾向的地区。
• The October 2025 cancellations largely targeted blue states, but wider delays and uncertainty have affected places of varying political stripes.
回顾：能源部表示，已根据财务稳健性、经济可行性、与政府目标的一致性及其他标准对拨款进行了审查。
Flashback: DOE has said reviewed grants for financial soundness, economic viability, consistency with administration goals, and other criteria.