The death of clean, green energy in the USA? Not a chance! Here's why...

"Drill baby drill", said Donald Trump many times on the campaign trail, along with all sorts of other threats to upend Biden's climate policies and hand power firmly back to the fossil fuel industry. Only trouble is, it won't be quite as easy in practice as it is in rhetoric.

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Research Links

Climate Extremes video - Potsdam Institute
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8pLrRkqbb0&t=1s

US Climate Alliance
https://usclimatealliance.org/

Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/green/new-energy

EIA - energy related CO2 emissions drop
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=61928#:~:text=Over%2080%25%20of%20the%20emissions,from%20solar%20and%20natural%20gas

EIA - Solar and battery storage
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=61424

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=61202

Top Ten leading states for clean energy
https://bcse.org/10-states-leading-clean-energy-transition/

Clean Energy Business Network
https://www.cebn.org/state-of-clean-energy-2020/

Reuters - full article
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/trump-return-will-slow-not-stop-us-clean-energy-boom-2024-11-06/

American Clean Power
https://cleanpower.org/market-report-2023/

Visual Capitalist - US energy storage capacity
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/sp/countries-ranked-by-battery-capacity-in-2023/

Al Gore summarises the opportunity during a speech at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0WBeg1NJ7A

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zentouro:
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Climate Adam:
https://www.youtube.com/user/ClimateAdam

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Levi Hildebrand:
https://www.youtube.com/user/The100LH

Simon Clark:
https://www.youtube.com/user/SimonOxfPhys

Sarah Karvner:
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ClimateTown: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuVLG9pThvBABcYCm7pkNkA

Jack Harries:
https://www.youtube.com/user/JacksGap

Beckisphere: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT39HQq5eDKonaUV8ujiBCQ

Our Changing Climate :
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