Solar Doesn’t Need Any More of Uncle Sam’s Help

Federal support will undoubtedly languish under Trump. But that’s OK, argues Noah Kirsch.

What does the confirmation of new EPA head, Scott Pruitt, mean for the solar industry?

Pruitt, considered a long-time ally of the fossil fuel industry, has promised to quickly withdraw the Clean Power Plan rule developed by the Obama administration in 2014.

Is a Trump Carbon Tax Possible?

By: Marc Z. Goldgrub, Cleantech Law Partners

            A senior White House official claims that Tesla CEO Elon Musk floated the idea of a carbon tax at a White House U.S. business leaders meeting with Trump on Monday, January 23rd. Other executives at the meeting apparently did not lend the idea much support. Outside the meeting though, a range of political and corporate leaders, including President Barack Obama, Vice President Al Gore, Virgin CEO Richard Branson and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, have supported the idea of a carbon tax as a means of combating climate change.