Under the Trump administration, U.S. climate policy is moving in exactly the wrong direction. Driven by corporate interests of the fossil fuel industries, President Donald Trump is undermining protection against air pollution, abandoning the Paris Climate Agreement and destroying jobs in the renewable energy sector. In doing so, he underestimates the considerable economic influence of this industry.
A study by Purdue University, Indiana, shows the economic effects of increased wind production in ten states and beyond: "While the impacts are directly felt in the state experiencing the increase in economic activities due to installation of new wind energy generation capacity, the positive economic effects also spill over,” the ...