{"id":"485cc568-651d-4604-815d-4acc564bc704","url":"https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/fossil-fuels/trump-cant-stop-americas-shift-to-clean-energy-and-we-can-accelerate-it-opinion","domain":"livescience.com","outlet":{"name":"Live Science","country":"US","cred":3,"lean":0,"curated":true},"title":"Trump can't stop America's shift to clean energy. And we can accelerate it.","plainHeadline":"US clean-energy shift accelerates; 93% of new capacity from solar, wind, batteries","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["Since 2015, most new power in America has been clean energy sources.","This year, 93% of new electricity capacity is expected from solar, wind and batteries.","Coal still provides about one-sixth of power, but is more expensive to keep running.","Trump's policies cannot make clean energy expensive again; costs decline overall.","States and cities can speed up the transition with local actions and flexible grids."],"topics":["Energy","Climate","Politics"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-09-30T09:08:26.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-09-30T10:11:35.085Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/ebf78ab2-9baf-4c09-a4b1-8da142dcf5b2","storyId":"ebf78ab2-9baf-4c09-a4b1-8da142dcf5b2","image":"https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gyu8rLZHLvDMDY5oSb69PG-1920-80.jpg","author":"Leah Stokes","dek":"The cost of clean energy just keeps falling as the price of coal ramps up. Politicians promising affordability will follow those savings no matter who is in the White House. And in the meantime, there are ways to speed up the transition, says associate professor Leah Stokes ."}