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This Utah nursery saves money by using solar to grow plants. Will Congress let other businesses benefit too?

Tax credits and grant programs designed to power rural America are creating jobs in Utah — yet they face an uncertain future under President Trump.

(Shannon Sollitt | The Salt Lake Tribune) Perennial Favorites owner and CEO Cort Cox demonstrates plant propagation in a greenhouse at his nursery. Cox says solar panels installed last year have cut his energy costs in half, even as energy use has gone up.