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<p>Since President Trump returned to office, his administration has been aggressive in rolling back clean energy initiatives. Trump’s “big beautiful bill” ended tax credits for solar panels and electric vehicles. And the EPA is moving to cancel $7 billion dollars in federal grants that were intended to help low- and middle-income families install solar on their homes.</p><p>But that isn’t the whole story. Texas, California, and other states are bringing so much solar and battery power online that in March, fossil fuels generated less than half the electricity in the US for the first time ever. And internationally, <a href="https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/solar-power-rise-clean-energy/?utm_source=wnyc&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=scifri" target="_blank">solar has gotten so cheap</a> to build and install that it’s fundamentally transforming many countries’ power grids.</p><p>So where exactly does solar adoption stand in the US and across the world right now?</p><p>In August, cl...