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Who is opposing renewable energy? Texas is projected to top California as the state with the largest amount of solar before the end of the Trump administration.

by rayiner 4mo ago

jqpabc123 4mo ago
https://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2025/07/31/trump-admin-blocking-clean-energy-and-raising-costs/ https://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2025/07/31/trump-admin-bloc... https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2025/06/05/views-on-trump-administration-energy-policies-and-priorities/ https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2025/06/05/views-on-trum...
defrost 4mo ago
> Who is opposing renewable energy? The current US admin: Trump’s Multi-Pronged Attack on Renewable Energy https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?params=/context/faculty_scholarship/article/5755/&path_info=Gerrard_Trumps_Multi_Pronged_Attack_on_Renewable_Energy.pdf https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?par... but they are slowly being beaten back: Trump admin abandons fight against wind energy as clean energy output surges - https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/06/trump-admin-abandons-fight-against-wind-energy-as-clean-energy-output-surges/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/06/trump-admin-abandons... The Trumpian adventures in Iran have wrong footed his fossil fuel buddies and slowed his Don Quixote roll against giant scary windmills for now.
- matwood 4mo ago
  He hates wind turbines because he simply doesn't like how they look, and couldn't stop them next to one of his golf courses. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c15l3knp4xyo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c15l3knp4xyo
  - jqpabc123 4mo ago
    And he hates solar because??? If you look at the overall picture, it's clear that he opposes anything not carbon based. And cost isn't a rational reason for it. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/20/trump-says-us-will-not-approve-solar-or-wind-power-projects.html https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/20/trump-says-us-will-not-appro...
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  - recursive 4mo ago
    If there was an oil refinery that looked exactly the same as a turbine from the outside, I would bet that he would love how those would look. The root cause is something else. Hmmm...

Who is opposing renewable energy? Texas is projected to top California as the state with the largest amount of solar before the end of the Trump administration.

by rayiner 4mo ago

Who is opposing renewable energy? Texas is projected to top California as the state with the largest amount of solar before the end of the Trump administration.

jqpabc123 4mo ago

https://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2025/07/31/trump-admin-blocking-clean-energy-and-raising-costs/ https://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2025/07/31/trump-admin-bloc... https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2025/06/05/views-on-trump-administration-energy-policies-and-priorities/ https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2025/06/05/views-on-trum...

defrost 4mo ago

> Who is opposing renewable energy? The current US admin: Trump’s Multi-Pronged Attack on Renewable Energy https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?params=/context/faculty_scholarship/article/5755/&path_info=Gerrard_Trumps_Multi_Pronged_Attack_on_Renewable_Energy.pdf https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?par... but they are slowly being beaten back: Trump admin abandons fight against wind energy as clean energy output surges - https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/06/trump-admin-abandons-fight-against-wind-energy-as-clean-energy-output-surges/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/06/trump-admin-abandons... The Trumpian adventures in Iran have wrong footed his fossil fuel buddies and slowed his Don Quixote roll against giant scary windmills for now.

matwood 4mo ago
He hates wind turbines because he simply doesn't like how they look, and couldn't stop them next to one of his golf courses. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c15l3knp4xyo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c15l3knp4xyo
- jqpabc123 4mo ago
  And he hates solar because??? If you look at the overall picture, it's clear that he opposes anything not carbon based. And cost isn't a rational reason for it. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/20/trump-says-us-will-not-approve-solar-or-wind-power-projects.html https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/20/trump-says-us-will-not-appro...
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- recursive 4mo ago
  If there was an oil refinery that looked exactly the same as a turbine from the outside, I would bet that he would love how those would look. The root cause is something else. Hmmm...