Donald Trump promised energy abundance. Instead, in his first week in office, he pushed sweeping restrictions on wind energy production — both onshore and offshore.
Republicans have long called for an “all of the above” approach to energy production. Trump’s nominees for the Department of Energy and the Department of the Interior, Chris Wright and Doug Burgum, respectively, echoed the pitch at their confirmation hearings just last week. Now, Republicans appear to be rewriting the agenda in real time, leaving the clean energy industry in a lurch.
“We were all excited to hop into the energy abundance party,” said Jason Grumet, the CEO of the American Clean Power Association, at an energy forum Thursday. “It is discouraging to get to the party and the first game is musical chairs.”