Op-ed: How to deploy Trump's regulatory tactics for clean energy policy

An energy policy expert argues that aggressive executive action and regulatory strategies used in other areas could accelerate climate and clean-tech deployment if repurposed by future administrations.

First covered Aug 28, 2026 · 3:05 AM PT · 1 article · no longer in the live window

Op-ed: How to deploy Trump's regulatory tactics for clean energy policy — Image via volts.wtf

Coverage

29d Volts (David Roberts) Could we use Trump's tricks to make good green policy? — A conversation with Todd Tucker of the Roosevelt Institute.

Primary sources

oag.ca.gov Attorney General Bonta Seeks to Halt Trump Administration’s Illegal Greenlight of Oil Transportation in California Pipelines

rooseveltinstitute.org Ri Building Up In 2029 Report 202607 2 (rooseveltinstitute.org)

More coverage from around the web

thehill.com How Donald Trump reshaped energy, environmental policy in 2025

ballotpedia.org Donald Trump's executive orders on energy and the environment, 2025-2026 - Ballotpedia

thirdway.org Trump’s War on Solar & Wind: A Timeline of Recent Federal Actions | Third Way

actonclimate.com Climate Action Campaign Trump's Climate and Clean Energy Rollback Tracker - Climate Action Campaign

blogs.edf.org How the Trump administration is obstructing clean energy – and why it raises your costs - Climate 411

Discussion

Bluesky: @volts.wtf David Roberts · 29d ago · 46 ♥ Today on Volts: even as he is dismantling climate policy, Trump is demonstrating how to use the tools of aggressive state capitalism. A new volume of essays from the @rooseveltinstitute.org argues that those tools could be harnessed for green policy. · @volts.wtf David Roberts · 29d ago · 14 ♥ New episode from @volts.wtf: @toddntucker.com discusses our 2029 climate policy agenda and how a future administration can build on the new tools of economic statecraft this administration has put into practice—and actually employ them toward positive, environmental ends.

Appeared in: 2026-08-29 (#15) · 2026-08-30 (#18)

← Back to the brief