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October 30, 2025
Aaron Regunberg
Big Oil’s Three-Decade Plot to Kill America’s Clean Energy Revolution
In 1988, the U.S. was in prime position to dominate the industry for decades to come. But thanks to fossil fuel giants, China is instead the world’s superpower in renewables.
August 28, 2025
Liza Featherstone
Trump’s War on Wind Power Is a War on His Working-Class Voters
The president’s cancelation of wind farms and other attacks on renewable energy are hiking Americans’ energy bills and destroying blue-collar jobs. “This isn’t what they voted for,” said one union head.
July 28, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Trump Goes on Bizarre Rant About Windmills Driving Whales Crazy
Donald Trump derailed a press conference with his complaints.
May 23, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Is Trump Trying to Set Energy Policy in Other Countries Now?
Donald Trump went on a weird rant about windmills—in the U.K.
January 7, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Trump Struggles to Understand Appliances in Bizarre, Rambling Speech
Donald Trump tried and failed to explain basic household appliances.
December 9, 2024
Liza Featherstone
The Oil Industry Is Helping to Spread Misinfo About Whale Deaths
A Brown University study found that organized opposition to wind energy was fueled by extensive “information” from the fossil fuel industry.
November 15, 2023
Molly Taft
The Latest Culture War Starts With Dead Whales
The right wing and fossil fuel companies have funded a backlash to wind energy in New Jersey. Is it about to go nationwide?
November 7, 2023
Kate Aronoff
Offshore Wind’s Bizarre Global Problem
Orsted’s cancellation of two big New Jersey wind projects raises questions about the way the Biden administration is approaching renewable energy.
September 28, 2023
Molly Taft
How Iowa Wind Energy Got Sucked Into an Online Meme War
For decades, Republicans and Democrats alike supported the clean energy transition in the Hawkeye State. But recently, there’s been a surge in local opposition to projects.
September 8, 2023
Molly Taft
The Headwinds Facing Offshore Wind Farms
What’s the big holdup?
June 28, 2023
Kate Aronoff
New Jersey County Drafts Right-Wing Legal Movement Into Anti-Wind Fight
To fight an offshore wind project, the county has hired a law firm with extensive ties to a national right-wing legal movement determined to put a halt to climate policy.
May 19, 2023
Liza Featherstone
Why Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Pretending to Care About Dead Whales
Conservatives’ sudden interest in wildlife conservation is actually just their latest attempt to own the libs. But why are some liberals falling for it?
July 20, 2015
Rebecca Leber
Republicans’ Flip-Flop on Wind Energy Could Hurt Them in 2016
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