The Summary
- Two of President Donald Trump’s executive orders take aim at Biden administration efforts to boost electric vehicles and wind power.
- Both are among the fastest-growing climate technologies in the U.S., but the orders could stymie that growth.
- Advocates for electric vehicles and green energy criticized the moves.
With two executive orders, President Donald Trump on Monday changed the trajectory of two of the fastest-growing climate-friendly technologies in the U.S.: electric vehicles and wind power.Â
The orders took aim at efforts the Biden administration had made to boost both technologies, which have in recent years gained traction in the push to decarbonize the U.S. energy market. Trump also declared that the U.S. would exit the Paris Agreement, through which nations set carbon emissions reduction goals to limit global warming.Â
One of Trump’s executive orders reversed several climate-focused directives, most notably…
