Trump’s attempt to crush clean energy progress not going to plan, experts say

2026-04-28 16:46 UTC

Donald Trump has wielded the full might of his administration to crush the progress of clean energy, which he has called a “scam” and “stupid”. But there are signs this assault is not going to plan. In March, the US generated more of its electricity from renewable sources such as solar and wind than it did via gas, the first time clean energy has surpassed the planet-heating fossil fuel for a full month nationally, according to data from the Ember thinktank. While this was just one month, it follows a record 2025 for renewable energy. The pipeline of new power coming online in the US is overwhelmingly green this year, too, with 93% of all electricity capacity added in 2026 set to come from solar, wind and batteries. Just 7% will come from the fossil fuels that are dangerously overheating our world.

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@CombatWombat@feddit.online 2026-04-28 16:59

Economics are a strange beast because they are clearly made up, and clearly inescapable.

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@Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2026-04-28 21:01

Recently read that the UK is on track to decarbonise 90% of the grid by the end of the current parliament. An oil crisis pushes people away from oil, who would have thought it?

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@MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 2026-04-28 19:18

If I were trying to destroy fossil fuels from his position, all options on the table, I'm sure I could do as well or better, but my mask would have slipped by now. Still don't expect him to survive, nor believe he's anything but committed to fossil fuel and most of the rest of his non-sense, but its kinda comforting how much he sucks at it.

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@Sebeck012@feddit.nl 2026-04-29 06:03

Years later in the archive holograms Donald "Leto II" Trump speaks about his golden path plan: _I did what I did so that the world could be weaned of oil and US big tech, and for Europe to be militarily independent_.

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