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Gone With The Wind: Trump Blows Off Clean Energy (Again)

August 28, 2025

Tony’s guest on the Thursday Buzz is UW Public Affairs Professor Greg Nemet, who sees Trump’s rollback of clean energy policies as a strategic misstep, likely leading to higher energy prices for consumers and imperiling US competitiveness-without any real justification.

Nemet portrays Trump’s energy approach as short-sighted: prioritizing fossil fuels, undercutting renewables and jeopardizing US leadership in clean energy innovation.

Nemet authored “How Solar Became Cheap: A Model for Low-Carbon Innovation“, in June 2019. The book has been translated into Chinese and a second edition, “Pathway to a Solar-Centric Economy“, was released in July.

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