Solar and Wind Power Face Serious Threats From the Trump Administration
Less than a year into President Trump’s time in office, clean energy developers face a slew of unanticipated threats from the White House and Republicans in Congress that could slow the industry’s growth in ways unimaginable just a year ago.
During Trump’s presidential campaign, energy analysts were skeptical of his promise to preserve the coal industry at the expense of wind and solar. Even the most aggressive attempts at regulatory rollback couldn’t reverse the market forces driving the decline in coal, they reasoned.
But the administration has not stopped at mere deregulation. From the threat of a subsidy for coal-fired power plants to a tax bill that hurts the financing of clean-energy projects, Republicans in Washington have launched a campaign against renewable energy that includes market interventions that alarm other industries, including oil and gas.
Even if these measures never come to fruition—advocates of transitioning from fossil fuels are pushing back—the changed mood in Washington threatens to undermine the confidence of companies planning to invest in renewables. Jeff Waller, of the Rocky Mountain Institute’s sustainable finance practice, described the lingering threats as a “spook factor” that hangs over investment.
“All these different things add uncertainty to planning and project development,” Waller says.
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When wind and solar are cheaper, safer and cleaner. We need to continue moving ahead rather than back to the 1800s - makes no sense to me. 
The job of any POTUS we've ever had - and how his administration is judged - is moving ahead and making life better for the American people. These fools seem determined to drag us back to unworkable policies we rejected long ago - not to mention severely damage our place in the global community. 
That high?? Who are these people?? I sure as hell don't know any. I feel like this is an emergency situation and every day counts - that he needs to be removed as soon as possible before he does anymore damage - to this country - and the trouble he's now causing on the world stage.
The only one who's likely to benefit from Trump's policies is Trump himself - and his billionaire cronies, of course. His base may be comprised of "uninformed" voters, but then we also have never had a serial liar in the Oval Office before.
It's kinda scary to know that it all depends on Mueller... 
