At a Time of Climate Crisis: How Donald Trump ripped up US climate action plans

The US president has been making false and misleading claims on wind energy for nearly a decade

In this month’s column for the Irish Times MaREI researcher Dr Hannah Daly at ERI, University College Cork writes on How Donald Trump ripped up US climate action plans. 

President Donald Trump and his administration are systematically dismantling federal climate action in the United States.

Trump’s agenda goes beyond championing fossil fuels – his administration is aggressively targeting clean energy.

In 2024, the US saw record-breaking growth in renewable energy, supported by falling costs and supportive policy under the previous administration. But Trump has halted all funding related to Biden-era climate and infrastructure initiatives, including the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).

One of his first acts in office targeted wind energy, delivering on his campaign promise to kill the development of his country’s largest source of renewable power “on day one”. He ordered a freeze on new approvals and renewals of wind energy projects on federal land and waters. The president has been making false and misleading claims on wind energy for nearly a decade.

Read the full article here.