"President Trump used his UN General Assembly address to criticize Europe's energy transition-singling out Germany-while defending continued global use of oil, gas, and coal, and urging nations to prioritize "reliable" fossil fuels over what he cast as costly renewables. He framed fossil fuels as essential to development and energy security, echoing past lines that nations should not "abandon" coal, oil, and gas, and arguing that wealthy countries pushing rapid phaseouts have themselves relied on hydrocarbons for 150 years. German officials have repeatedly pushed back on similar claims from Trump, noting that more than half of Germany's power generation now comes from renewables and that the country is shutting down, not building, coal and nuclear plants with coal due off the grid by 2038 at the latest."
""All green is all bankrupt," Trump said in the speech while implying that he wasn't including nuclear energy in his definition of "green." While nuclear energy is low-carbon, its environmental impact is unclear, although green energy advocates have included it in the green category for decades. For instance, in March 2021 the U.S. Department of Energy wrote a blog post on "3 reasons why nuclear is clean and sustainable.""
President Trump urged nations at the UN General Assembly to prioritize reliable oil, gas, and coal over costly renewable options and framed fossil fuels as essential for development and energy security. He argued that wealthy countries advocating rapid phaseouts have relied on hydrocarbons for 150 years and cautioned against abandoning coal, oil, and gas. German officials countered by noting that more than half of Germany’s power now comes from renewables and that the country is shutting down coal and nuclear plants with coal due off the grid by 2038. Trump dismissed green policies as bankrupt while distinguishing nuclear from his definition of green, and the U.S. Department of Energy has described nuclear as clean and sustainable.
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