"Despite Trump, Renewable Energy Keeps Surging" [1]
"A funny thing happened on the way to President Donald Trump’s mission to obliterate renewable energy. Solar and wind energy use is surging, especially globally, but even in the United States."

"A funny thing happened on the way to President Donald Trump’s mission to obliterate renewable energy. Solar and wind energy use is surging, especially globally, but even in the United States."
"The state of Michigan is suing major oil companies and an industry association, alleging that they colluded to hamper the adoption of renewable energy and electric vehicles (EVs)."
"At the North American International Auto Show, tires squeal as gearheads put shiny new vehicles through their paces on a pair of indoor tracks that sprawl across the event space. One of those tracks used to be set aside exclusively for electric vehicles as U.S. automakers sought to quickly build out the cars of the future."
"The Senate on Wednesday confirmed billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman to be NASA administrator on Wednesday, placing him atop the agency after a monthslong saga where President Donald Trump revoked his nomination as part of a feud with tech billionaire Elon Musk."
"The watershed summit in 2015 was far from perfect, but its impact so far has been significant and measurable"
"The EU on Tuesday walked back a 2035 ban on new petrol and diesel cars seen as a milestone in the fight against climate change, as the bloc pivots to bolstering its crisis-hit auto sector."
"Ford Motor said the costs came from its decision to make fewer electric vehicles than it had planned and more hybrids that use both gasoline engines and batteries."
"Ford Motor said Monday that it would scale back plans to produce electric vehicles and take a $19.5 billion hit to its profit to cover the costs of a major change in strategy.
"The Trump administration is expected on Wednesday to propose weakening automobile fuel efficiency standards that were set under President Joseph R. Biden Jr. to spur the sale of electric vehicles, according to three people familiar with the plan."
"As federal incentives for electric vehicles are drying up, will the state still expand its fledgling charging network?"
"As wildfires burn closer to urban areas, scientists are trying to better catalog the vast array of pollutants that firefighters may be exposed to"
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/despite-trump-renewable-energy-keeps-surging
[2] https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/01/despite-trump-renewable-energy-keeps-surging/
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/michigan-sues-oil-giants-alleging-collusion-stifle-renewables-evs
[4] https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5703546-michigan-evs-oil-companies/
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/detroit-auto-show-spotlight-dims-evs
[6] https://apnews.com/article/detroit-auto-show-electric-vehicles-evs-trump-7dda882748aea036821009340e6dbaa8
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[10] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/13/a-shift-no-country-can-ignore-where-global-emissions-stand-10-years-after-the-paris-climate-agreement
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/eu-scraps-2035-ban-new-petrol-and-diesel-cars-boost-auto-industry
[12] https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20251216-eu-set-to-scrap-2035-combustion-engine-ban-in-car-industry-boost
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/ford-will-take-195-billion-hit-it-rolls-back-ev-plans
[14] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/business/ford-electric-vehicles-hybrids.html
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[16] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/climate/trump-fuel-economy-rules.html
[17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/ev-use-has-skyrocketed-hawai-i-why-it-so-hard-find-charger
[18] https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/11/ev-use-skyrocketed-hawaii-not-chargers/
[19] https://www.sej.org/headlines/firefighters-wear-wristbands-track-harmful-exposures
[20] https://cen.acs.org/environment/pollution/firefighters-wear-wristbands-track-harmful-silicone/103/web/2025/11
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