President Donald Trump, a Republican, has focused on tearing down former President Barack Obama’s climate agenda to free the energy and auto industries from the costs of regulation meant to protect the environment and human health. WASHINGTON: The U.S. presidential election pits a politician who supports environmental regulation and diplomacy to tackle climate change against […]
Solar Industry Pushes for ITC Extension After Trump’s Coal-Rule Rollback
The Trump administration’s coal-friendly ACE rule is unlikely to impact the solar market. But an ITC extension could help restore federal climate leadership. Calls for an investment tax credit extension (ITC) are intensifying in some quarters of the U.S. solar industry in the wake of a federal rule designed to buoy coal-fired generation. Last week […]
Trump’s Reversal of Clean Power Plan Won’t Hurt Renewables, But It May Boost Coal
The Clean Power Plan is out, the Affordable Clean Energy rule is in The Trump administration on Tuesday introduced a plan for the nation’s coal plants that loosens regulations set out by the previous administration. Under the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule, a rework of President Obama’s signature Clean Power Plan (CPP), states will have […]