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Federal Investigation Threatens Solar Industry, Industry Group Says: The U.S. Commerce Department has said it is investigating whether imports of solar panels are circumventing rules that limit imports from China. Clean energy business groups are warning that the investigation, which could lead to retroactive tariffs, could lead to layoffs and a reduction in solar projects, harming the Biden Administration climate agenda, as Matthew Daly reports for the Associated Press. “Overnight, the Commerce Department drove a stake through the heart of planned solar projects,” said Heather Zichal, CEO of the American Clean Power Association. The investigation follows a complaint by Auxin Solar, a California-based solar panel manufacturer that said panels assembled in four Southeast Asian countries—Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam—are circumventing restrictions on imports of solar panels from China.