Rep. Tom Tiffany introduced the Future Agriculture Retention and Management Act, shared first with Fox News Digital. (Fox News Digital)
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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 an analysis by the Treasury Department for 2024-2033, cited by the Republican congressman in a press release.
The congressman said he introduced the FARM Act after hearing concerns from his constituents who "fear too much farmland is being taken away" amid the push for more green energy projects.
Wind and solar panels merge in a desert alternative energy site in Mojave, California. (Visions of America/Joe Sohm)
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The bill comes after the Biden administration pushed the use of federal funds to incentivize green energy projects, such as the USDA's Rural Energy for America Program, which provided grant funding to agricultural producers for small and large wind and solar generation.
Aubrie Spady is a Writer for Fox News Digital.
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