California continues expanding solar, wind, and battery storage while pursuing long-term decarbonization goals despite federal opposition. The Trump administration has promoted oil and gas development through executive actions, emergency powers, and challenges to California's regulatory authority:
In recent years, California has grown increasingly progressive in its energy policy, shifting away from fossil fuels toward renewable alternatives. The state has invested heavily in developing its renewable energy capacity over the last decade, in a bid to decrease reliance on oil, coal, and gas:
The Trump administration has regularly criticized California for its commitment to renewable energy and suggested that it should instead continue pumping oil and gas:
California’s Governor Gavin Newsom explained that the state can run the fourth-largest economy on 67 percent, two-thirds, clean energy:
