Trump removes 'renewable' from title of U.S. energy lab

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Source: Reuters

By Timothy Gardner
December 2, 202512:02 PM EST

WASHINGTON, Dec 2 (Reuters) - The Trump administration has renamed one of the country's energy laboratories to remove the word 'renewable' in the latest effort to downplay electricity sources such as solar and wind power in favor of fossil fuels.

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory, based in Golden, Colorado, will now be known as the National Laboratory of the Rockies, the lab said on its website late on Monday.

One of 17 Energy Department labs, it also pursues research in energy efficiency. It was set up by U.S. leaders including two of President Donald Trump's fellow Republicans.

Former President Gerald Ford launched the Solar Energy Research Institute in the 1970s after the Arab oil embargo damaged the U.S. economy. Former President George H. W. Bush, a former Texas oilman, renamed the facility NREL, in 1991.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/trump-removes-renewable-title-us-energy-lab-2025-12-02/

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https://www.nrel.gov/news/detail/press/2025/news-release-energy-department-renames-nrel-'national-lab-of-the-rockies'

News Release: Energy Department Renames NREL 'National Laboratory of the Rockies'
New Name Reflects Laboratory’s Expanding Mission Under the Trump Administration

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[Lovie777]

1. shithole........

let’s destroy the USA!

[OKIsItJustMe]

2. Why stop there?

Let’s destroy the whole planet.

[IronLionZion]

3. Douchebag won't be alive to deal with the consequences

[OKIsItJustMe]

4. And doesn't care about his descendants

Short-sighted ass…

[Torchlight]

5. Surprised he didn't call it the Ministry of Windmill Cancer Prevention nt

[twodogsbarking]

6. Saudis are cheering like it is 9/11.

Sorry for 9/11 comment, but I was trying to point out the obvious.

[twodogsbarking]

7. Coal mining isn't as luxurious as it looks.

[hoosierspud]

8. I went on a tour there a few years ago.

That place is incredible. I wondered what fresh hell those idiots would unleash upon it.

[Lokee11]

9. What makes somebody

Such a COMPLETE and TOTAL asshole?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

Especially someone who truly has been given all the undeserving benefits he has been provided his entire miserable life.

I truly try not to be like this - but I hope he truly suffers a horrible and painful death and I hope it occurs sooner rather than later🤞

✊FDT!

[OKIsItJustMe]

10. Timing is important

If he were to keel over within the first two years, “JD” might potentially be re-elected in 2028, but that would be his last term.

If he were to shuffle off this mortal coil in the third year, we might suffer through a decade of “Prsident Vance.”