Featured in Outlook Obscured – 03-2025

Solar may slow but it won’t stop

The second Donald Trump administration has put up roadblocks to clean energy investment but renewable energy analysts say superior technology and its economic benefits will ultimately prevail.

By

Ryan Kennedy

05 Mar 2025

US President Donald Trump’s Unleashing American Energy executive order loosens restrictions on oil drilling and rare earth mineral extraction. | Photo: Gage Skidmore

The second Trump administration is taking a tough approach to policy reform, not least with energy. The US president has voiced support for an “all the above approach” while sloganeering “drill baby, drill” and calling for the end of the “EV mandate.”Trump is clear about his penchant for fossil fuels and distaste for wind energy …

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