Clean Energy
Commentary
Oil dependency is the bottom-line for investors, which is why they repeatedly block clean energy and advocate for drilling and mining in protected areas. For more information, see the section ECONOMY, LABOR & POVERTY and its subsection OIL-IGARCHY
2012
2012-01-01 The Trump Organization filed a lawsuit against the Scottish government for approving the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre, calling it a “monstrous” blight on the coast. The case was lost in 2015, and Trump was ordered to pay the Scottish government’s legal costs.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-47400641
2025 January
2025-01-20 Project 2025, page 709 outlines intentions to withdraw from the UN Paris Agreement and UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. On page 366 the mandate – written by the Heritage Foundation – complains about subsidies for clean energy.
https://static.heritage.org/project2025/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf
2025 June
2025-06-21 Trump posted on social media, “I HATE ‘GREEN TAX CREDITS’ IN THE GREAT, BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL. They are largely a giant SCAM….Windmills, and the rest of this is ‘JUNK’”. He continued to express his upset that energy would require government subsidy and that windmill parts are made in China (context: several of Trump’s merchandise items are made in China).
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114722976310902061
2025 July
2025-07-04 As outlined in Project 2025, Trump signed a sweeping reconciliation bill HR-1 that would add $3.3T (trillion) to the national debt while eliminating renewable energy subsidies by modifying or terminating clean energy incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
2025-07-21 A Nebraska attorney fought against wind and solar power in Nebraska.
https://knoxcountyne.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/37/2025/08/board-2025-0319-minutes.pdf
2025-07-25 During a visit to Scotland, Trump objected to windmills ruining the view of his golf course and ordered leadership to “stop the windmills, you’re ruining your countries. I really mean it”.
2025-07-27 During a meeting with the President of the European Commission, Trump complained about windmills, calling them a “very ugly energy” and asserting “wind is the most expensive form of energy and it destroys the beauty of your fields and your plains and your waterways”.
2025 August
2025-08-26 During a press conference, Trump denounced windmills after having just cancelled a nearly complete offshore wind project ( Revolution Wind in RI and CT) and announced his plans to “drill-baby-drill” stating, “We don’t call it coal, we call it clean coal, and even very very clean coal”.
2025 September
2025-09-09 Several Republicans have repeatedly fought against the expansion of solar energy on agricultural lands (such as agrovoltaics) often framing it as “green energy boondoggles”.
WHAT IS IT https://www.climatehubs.usda.gov/hubs/northeast/topic/agrivoltaics-coming-soon-farm-near-you
WHAT IS IT https://www.energy.gov/cmei/systems/agrivoltaics-solar-and-agriculture-co-location
https://www.eenews.net/articles/gop-retreat-on-solar-energy-sows-doubt-for-farmers
https://www.eenews.net/articles/solar-donors-square-off-for-round-two-against-chip-roy/
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/food-and-farms/trump-blocking-solar-farm-bill
2025 October
2025-10-02 In a retaliatory move during the government shutdown, Trump pulled $8B in clean energy products from Democratic states.
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115302268694968810
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115304455138824245
2026 March
2026-03-17 The Trump administration reportedly planned to pay $1B (in taxpayer money?) to stop offshore wind farm projects outside New York and North Carolina.
https://nz.news.yahoo.com/trump-team-weighs-paying-1b-215115862.html
https://electricityinfo.org/news/us-wind-8/
2026-03-23 Trump paid a French energy company $1B in American taxpayer money to cancel offshore wind farm projects.
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/23/g-s1-114868/trump-totalenergies-offshore-wind-leases
SUB WALL https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/climate/offshore-wind-gas-trump-total.html