Trump Cracks Down on Renewable Energy

Editorial: Assault on renewable energy will harm the nation and Virginia

Transitioning the nation’s energy supply from a reliance on fossil fuels such as coal and gas to cleaner, renewable sources such as solar and wind is the challenge of our modern age, as well as its most exciting opportunity. Countries that lead that revolution and successfully harness the vast potential of green energy technology will reap the benefits. By taking a sledgehammer to the burgeoning domestic green energy economy, with all of its inn…

Trump cracks down on renewable energy

(The Hill) -- The Trump administration is putting up a series of new barriers for renewable energy projects — following through on an apparent promise to hard-line conservatives while rankling moderate Republicans. The moves are expected to create issues for the renewable energy industry, and critics argue that they could raise power prices. “If you're a rational Republican senator who wants to keep the lights on [and] keep electricity affordabl…

President Trump’s war on energy: If we’re in an energy emergency, why kill the cleanest, best, and fastest growing sources? — Jonathan P. Thompson (LandDesk.org)

The Route 66 Solar Energy Center near Grants, New Mexico. Jonathan P. Thompson photo. Click the link to read the article on The Land Desk website (Jonathan P. Thompson): August 25, 2025 Public Lands During both the Obama and Biden presidencies, Republicans and the fossil fuel industry often accused the administration of waging a “war on energy.” It was a demonstrably false allegation. The most either of the Democrats did to attack the energy in…

Trump is transforming the GOP’s energy policies — and not all conservatives are happy

Republicans spent four years railing against former President Joe Biden’s use of Washington’s money and regulatory heft to promote wind farms, solar panels and electric cars. Now President Donald Trump is wielding the same mighty federal arsenal on behalf of oil, natural gas, coal and nuclear power — and his party is cheering along. The result is that the GOP is embracing the same style of big government intervention in the energy markets for wh…