Energy

What Will Trump’s Nuclear Energy Policy Look Like?

The UK’s new Prime Minister, Theresa May, made significant changes to her ministry structure. She abolished the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and transferred its responsibilities to a new Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Department and to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. These changes might suggest how a Trump administration in the U.S. might approach energy policy.The international kumbaya chorus, led by Kofi Annan, Desmond Tutu and Mary Robinson, immediately denounced the government’s actions. But we believe the new Prime Minister’s actions make perfect sense. The DECC succeeded in its mission. There is no longer any real European debate about the need to reduce carbon and its adverse impact on climate change. Now the politicians are merely haggling about implementation. This is rather different in tone and substance from what’s going on in the U.S.