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2012

2012-01-01 The Trump Organization sued the Scottish government over approval of the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre, calling it a “monstrous” coastal blight. Trump lost in 2015 and was ordered to pay legal costs

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-47400641

https://www.reuters.com/article/world/trump-loses-bid-to-stop-scottish-wind-farm-near-luxury-golf-course-idUSKBN0TZ15U

https://www.lawscot.org.uk/news-and-events/legal-news/trump-loses-uksc-appeal-over-offshore-wind-farm-near-golf-resort

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/scottish-government-says-trump-org-refuses-to-pay-legal-bills-after-losing-wind-farm-lawsuit

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, eliminate renewable energy subsidies, and terminate clean energy incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.

https://www.carbon-direct.com/insights/reconciliation-bill-dramatically-shifts-the-clean-energy-landscape

2025-07-10 Trump ended federal subsidies for electric vehicles.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/10/trump-big-beautiful-bill-ends-7500-ev-tax-credit-time-to-buy-vehicle.html

2025-07-21 A Nebraska attorney publicly opposed wind and solar energy development in Nebraska.

https://www.norfolkneradio.com/news/omaha-attorney-defending-knox-county-against-big-wind/article_da851b05-4e40-4ef6-ad65-d5e30fe801c9.html

https://knoxcountyne.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/37/2025/08/board-2025-0319-minutes.pdf

https://www.kcau9.com/news/local-news/social-media-posts-lead-to-charges-against-special-knox-county-attorney/

2025-07-25 While visiting Scotland, Trump again criticized wind turbines, claiming they spoiled the view from his golf course and urging leaders to stop building them, “Stop the windmills, you’re ruining your countries. I really mean it”. Trump sued the Scottish government in 2012 over offshore wind turbines and lost in 2015.

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 Trump 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 continued opposing solar expansion on farmland, often describing such projects 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://climatepower.us/news/icymi-ee-news-meet-the-republicans-who-killed-solar-subsidies-after-using-them/

https://tiffany.house.gov/media/editorials-letters-and-articles/republicans-seek-end-taxpayer-funding-green-energy

https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/food-and-farms/trump-blocking-solar-farm-bill

https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/10/05/gop-candidates-for-iowa-governor-voice-their-opposition-to-co2-pipelines/

2025 October

2025-10-02 In response to the shutdown Trump pulled $8 billion in clean-energy funding from Democratic-led states.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/white-house-cancels-nearly-8b-in-clean-energy-projects-in-blue-states

https://apnews.com/article/trump-clean-energy-hydrogen-hub-newsom-0223cb4469508bcea4f689c18c9ab65d

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115304455138824245

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115302268694968810

2026 March

2026-03-17 Trump offered a $1B payoff to big energy companies to walk away from their wind farm leases.

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-wind-energy-settlements-climate-b2940566.html

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 outside New York and North Carolina.

https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/03/trump-administration-to-pay-french-company-1b-to-walk-away-from-us-offshore-wind-leases

https://www.npr.org/2026/03/23/g-s1-114868/trump-totalenergies-offshore-wind-leases

https://huffman.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/trumps-1b-deal-sinking-offshore-wind-draws-legal-scrutiny

SUB WALL https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/climate/offshore-wind-gas-trump-total.html

2026 May

2026-05-18 The White House passed legislation for a national annual $130 registration fee for electric vehicles.

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/forums/game-ready-drivers/13/584070/announcing-geforce-hotfix-driver-59602-released-32/

https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/house-lawmakers-propose-130-annual-173816714.html

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-house-lawmakers-propose-130-annual-ev-fee-pay-road-repairs-2026-05-18/