The Associated Press declared Donald J. Trump and JD Vance the winners of the 2024 U.S. presidential election. Republicans won the majority in the U.S. Senate, while control of the U.S. House of Representatives is still yet to be determined.
While a Trump presidency will undoubtedly stall national efforts to fight climate change and protect the environment, many global and U.S. state, local and private sector leaders are committed to charging ahead. Indeed, the clean energy boom has already begun — and a Trump win is unlikely to stop it.
“Donald Trump heading back to the White House won’t be a death knell to the clean energy transition that has rapidly picked up pace these last four years,” said WRI U.S. Director Dan Lashof. “Both Republican-led and Democratic-led states are seeing the benefits of wind, solar, and battery manufacturing and deployment thanks to the billions of dollars of investments unleashed by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act. Governors and representatives in Congress on both sides of the aisle have come to recognize that clean energy is a huge moneymaker and a job creator. President Trump will face a bipartisan wall of opposition if he attempts to rip away clean energy incentives now.”
For more on what a Trump presidency means for U.S. climate action, read our statement.
