Just in case you were wondering.
Despite these factors, experts told The Hill in November that much of the momentum the renewable energy sector picked up under the Biden administration is likely to continue under Trump.
“In the next few years, there isn’t too much that the president-elect can do to slow down projects,” said David Brown, director of data firm Wood Mackenzie’s energy transition practice.
The shift reflects political and economic realities, experts said. Top among them: Mr. Trump oversaw coal’s decline, not its salvation. Despite the fact that Mr. Trump gutted climate regulations and appointed a coal lobbyist to lead the country’s top environmental agency, 75 coal-fired power plants closed and the industry shed about 13,000 jobs during his presidency.
“Not a single coal miner went back to work or power plant saved,” said Erin E. Bates, a spokeswoman for the United Mine Workers of America, the labor organization representing coal miners.
In a first for the country, solar and wind generated more electricity than coal over most of 2024. The two renewable energy sources provided a record 17 percent of U.S. electricity from January to November, while coal contributed 15 percent, according to data from think tank Ember.
The U.S. grid added a total of just over 56 gigawatts of power capacity last year. A whopping 96 percent of that came from solar, battery, wind, nuclear, and other carbon-free installations, per new Cleanview analysis of U.S. Energy Information Administration data.
Another ‘Trump effect’, corporations backing off on sustainability promises:
https://www.ft.com/content/f0fb9841-db1d-442e-a757-1a1327497fb1
It’s so disorienting that I’m starting to rely on China to save the planet. Global warming is the Mother of All Collective Action Problems, and, as John Kerry once pointed out, “Americans have the right to be stupid.” And uninformed. And disinformed. This is the outstanding flaw of democracy.
Why are people being so naive as to assume the remnants of what democracy we’ve had will survive? I’ve read over & over how little Trump can do to slow the transition. I guess they’re thinking just of Trump & just his legal powers as president.
Good article on the thoughts of average people in a Trump stronghold:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/11/there-are-a-lot-of-bitter-people-here-im-one-of-them-rust-belt-voters-on-why-they-backed-trump-again-despite-his-broken-promises
Trumps promisses means nothing. He is totaly unfit to rule or achieve anything. He is a failure.
He is a mentally ill moron. (diagnosable & generally agreed-on malignant narcissism, a combination of narcissistic & anti-social personality disorders. ASPD used to be called psychopathy.) His illness is so severe he’s pretty much unable or uninterested in learning anything that’s not about him.
He was able to win 2 elections partly because of small state bias & a bunch of similar structural conditions, & of course because of his & others’ many many lies, but in the end it came down to his function as a reflection of that illness for those on the right, where it’s endemic now.
He’s quite successful as a cover for those using him to advance their fascist agenda. When the media falls for his & his handlers’ relentless apparent stream-of-consciousness pronouncements, they enable the distractions, legitimize the disease as a way to behave & rule, & prevent any meaningful message from reaching people. He’s likely to be the US’s Julius Caesar, turning a centuries-old pseudo-Republic into an outright dictatorship, so it’s probably not wise to dismiss him, as everybody should have learned the first time around.