CanaryMedia: "Trump's clean energy attacks are costing the US jobs," by Dan McCarthy.
"Over 200 major clean energy projects were canceled over the first year and a half of Trump’s term...and a new report says that left nearly half a million jobs on the table." I seem to remember when our president claimed, on the record, he would increase manufacturing...jobs, jobs, jobs anyone?
Fortunately his "attacks on clean energy haven’t spelled disaster for the energy transition—but they have [undeniably] + definitely hurt job prospects for Americans." From January 2025 when he took office again + May of this year, 'a total of 216 major clean energy generation + manufacturing projects were scrapped, closed, or downsized, according to a new report from the business-focused advocacy group E2.'
"Just over a tenth of those would have been permanent roles at clean energy facilities, while the rest would have been either temporary construction jobs or steady work in roles supporting the sector, from selling building materials to serving food at restaurants near a new factory." Still, new clean energy continues to be built in America, and while EV sales have taken a hit, they haven’t ground to a halt.
Furthermore, "the country’s solar manufacturing industry is notching new milestones, and EV makers are pivoting their battery-making factories to serve the red-hot storage sector." The clean energy economy has certainly experienced some real setbacks since this scalawag got back into office in 2025, but I am reasonably confident he is going to get his comeuppance gol darn soon.
As you can see, I am back at work here, after a couple of weeks in which I made substantial progress on a fourth manuscript, with the working title WILD FIRE. And it's good to be back.
