Alan Ohnsman is a Forbes senior editor who covers cleantech and advanced transportation. He joined Forbes in 2016 and works in Los Angeles. He co-authors the Current Climate newsletter, writes about promising clean energy developments and has covered Tesla since 2006, when he was with Bloomberg News. He has a graduate degree in journalism and a B.
pulled the U.S. out of the Paris Climate Accords in 2017, slowing global efforts to fight a climate crisis he’s called a hoax, and has repeatedly promised to “drill baby drill” when he returns to office, claiming more production of planet-warming oil and gas will solve persistent inflation woes.
And he plans to continue to use the $1 billion his firm Galvanize Climate Solutions has raised and future investments to back companies with advantages in areas like cost-competitive low-carbon cement, ag technology that helps farmers improve efficiency and sustainability, energy management software as well as cheap, continuous geothermal power from companies like“Texas has tripled their solar in the last three years and is by far the biggest wind producer.
“Most Americans think fossil fuels are cheaper as an electricity source than solar and wind. And that's not true.”estimates at $2 billion Other cleantech investors are similarly confident about the continued need for clean power but are bracing for uncertainty under a Trump administration – for good reason. This week he tapped Republican Representative Lee Zeldin to serve as administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency, a worrisome development for environmental organizations.
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