{"id":"f111ec56-af74-4582-9682-1c1185044a36","url":"https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/human-evolution/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":"93% of new US electricity capacity this year will be solar, wind and batteries.","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["Since 2015, most new American power capacity has been clean energy sources.","This year, 93% of planned new electricity capacity is from solar, wind and batteries.","The existing grid still relies on fossil fuels at 57% today.","Coal remains expensive and declining; 99% of coal plants cost more to keep than replacement.","States and local actions can speed up deployment of plug-in solar and flexible electric machines."],"topics":["Energy","Climate","Politics"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-09-30T09:00:00.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-09-30T09:17:38.396Z","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 ."}