There’s no doubt that the United States, and the world, are headed for a clean energy future in the long term. The short term, however, is seemingly full of hurdles. In this issue, alongside upbeat news about the global offshore wind industry and the potential of a new battery platform, we’ll examine how the Trump administration is, in some ways, hurting zero-emission goals whether directly or indirectly. We’ll get into how the uncertainty around the future of incentives leads to major project cancellations, tariffs potentially bringing trouble for distributed energy, the economic downsides of a focus on coal power over cleaner, cheaper alternatives, and more.

   — Jennifer Ramsay