From Gas to Green and Back: How a 2nd Trump Term Will Affect US Energy

‘We will frack, frack, frack, and drill, baby, drill,’ President-elect Donald Trump said.
From Gas to Green and Back: How a 2nd Trump Term Will Affect US Energy
Active pump jacks draw oil toward the surface, in unincorporated Kern County, Calif., on Feb. 26, 2022. ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images
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“We will frack, frack, frack, and drill, baby, drill,” former President Donald Trump said in an Oct. 18 speech at a Detroit event.

Now that Trump has secured a second presidential term, market watchers are examining his potential effect on the energy sector, from crude oil and natural gas to solar and wind.

Andrew Moran
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Andrew Moran has been writing about business, economics, and finance for more than a decade. He is the author of "The War on Cash."