Trump's Policy Bill Could Put the U.S. Further Behind China
The Senate's vote represents a failure of Democrats' attempts to give the law staying power, even as the law directed billions to Republican-led districts. Read more.
In an article we published yesterday, Somini Sengupta, Brad Plumer, Keith Bradsher and I took a deep dive into the stunning divergence between the U.S. and China's energy strategies.
Put simply, China has taken an enormous lead in clean energy and is extending that lead by the month. In May, for example, solar panels in China generated as much energy as one-third of all American power generation, combined.
The U.S., meanwhile, under President Trump's 'energy dominance' agenda, is turning its back on renewables and doubling down on fossil fuels like gas, oil and coal.
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