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Apparently they're fast tracking gas fired power plant approvals, so we can expect production to increase and the climate crisis to worsen. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/07/donald-trump-ep...

Supposedly the backlog for gas turbines is over 5 years at this point, so they can approve all they want.

Yes they will approve as many as possible to drive the price of turbines even higher.

These gas fired plants are just not that meaningful, it's too little to be a big deal - we're limited by gas supply and pricing. Renewables are already most new generation: https://environmentamerica.org/center/updates/renewable-ener...