If someone thought that nobody could hinder their progress of the renewables worldwide... You were mistaken!. Even with a simple Twitter account the President Trump is shaking and disturbing the mind of those who bet on a friendlier future with the environment by using the power of energy renewable.
First, we need to consider what the goals are general basis of Trump policy for be able to understand what actions you are taking, although practically We could summarize it in a short sentence «First United States» from all perspectives; for businesses, for jobs, for communities, for the growth...etc So bet on internal growth through US companies without reliance on foreign companies is a key point of their policies.
Secondly we should see broadly how much money moves in the United States around the sector energy from renewables:
In «%» of investment from the United States from 2014 to 2015 rose 19% according to the previous graph, reaching 44 thousand millions. It was the second country worldwide in investment.
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We want to outline in broad strokes what is the direction and the actions the president of the united states is taking against renewable energy:
Following the line of their policies and in case someone had doubts, from the official website of the White House in the section of energy policies highlight us in a first headline with "United States Power Plan first» where we can read among many barbarities what:
« A healthy energy policy begins with the recognition that we have enormous reserves of energy untapped domestic energy here in the United States. The Trump administration with its policies will embrace the revolution of shale oil and gas to bring jobs and prosperity to millions of Americans . Must take advantage of the estimated 50 billion dollars in reserves of untapped shale, oil and natural gas, especially on federal lands owned by the American people. We will use the income from energy production to rebuild our roads, schools, bridges and public infrastructure. Less expensive energy will be a great boost For American Agriculture, in addition.
«The Administration of Donald Trump is also committed to the clean coal technology and with the reactivation of the United States coal industry , which has been suffering for too long." (Text extracted from the article HERE )
The United States Department of Energy United . The administrative and legislative part always has been a constant headache for those who advocate by fossil fuels, solution, surround yourself with a cabinet well nourished by characters who have worked alongside the large oil and gas companies. Since Rick Perry that will be United States Secretary of Energy who has stakes in Energy Transfer Partners and Sunoco Logistics Partners, who are part of a network of companies of gas pipelines.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency United States (EPA) . On the other hand, the president-elect American Donald Trump elected a nice man, Scott Pruitt, a character quite close to the fossil fuel industry, to direct the EPA. Curiously, in his career as Minister of Oklahoma state court vigorously fought the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which he will now lead, with different legal battles for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from power plants carbon electric power plants, according to the measures established by the former president, Barack Obama.
A series of memorandums have already been applied this month executives where consumption and production will be boosted of fossil fuels. The highlight, which is finished build the Keystone XL pipeline that Obama once paralyzed, and that we can see in the following infographic of what are the needs.
An energy project that aims to link the region of Alberta, in Canada, with the US state of Nebraska, but... Why the rush with this project? Even if you don't want to, the United States depends a lot on barrels of oil from Venezuela and Mexico, if the pipeline is completed will obtain approximately 830,000 barrels per day of crude to the United States, so the energy dependency of Venezuela and Mexico would be drastically reduced.
Restrict the EPA (United States Protection Agency) United States Environmental) and drive as you please. But for that? Since the Obama administration promoted investigations of renewable energies and elaborated the Law of Clean Energies that the Environmental Protection Agency US Environment (EPA) setting limits for emissions of carbon.
If we have already mentioned that the will direct Scott Pruitt and remembering the words of Trump in his campaign of… “that he would like to kill the EPA, or make it smaller.” The future is not bright, with forecasts to reduce its size by half, in terms of employees, and an economic cut of 1,000 million dollars shows a significant decline in their ability to action, protection and information.
Although we have already seen in a general way the obstacles that practicing Trump against renewables, we are talking about a booming sector both nationally (United States) and where it is economically viable and there are many economic interests, jobs and without counting the possible complaints for breaches of contract by large companies energy companies in the renewable sector or the opinion of the Americans, that does matter a lot!.
At the beginning of the article, economically speaking, we have already seen the monumental investment that is handled in the sector of renewables, this not only translates into benefits environmental issues but also in jobs in the energy sector. renewable. Although the Trump campaign prayed…
The reality is that he did not tell everything, and the result is that the rate of jobs created around the world of renewables is very high in the United States. We only have look at the following graph:
In the electric power generation sector of United States, the solar industry employed nearly 373,807 people in 2015-16, twice the number of jobs in the oil, coal and gas sector combined , according to a new report from the United States Department of Energy.
And… What do you think of the Americans in the renewable? . Based on the new study by the Center for Pew Research, it appears that 65% of Americans believe that alternative energies such as electricity should be prioritized solar and wind, compared to 27% who believe that they should be focus on oil, coal or natural gas.
So the Trump-Renewables “battle” has only just begin and there are still many stories to tell where in the end there is a struggle between benefiting the environment or increase the economic power of the United States.
