Red state reversal

An aerial view of Roseland Solar and Storage facility in Riesel, Texas. Despite soaring power demand, Republican lawmakers in the Texas Legislature are pushing to rein in renewable energy, part of a national wave of Trump-era opposition to clean energy. — Mason Trinca/The New York Times

AMERICA’s conservative states with a hands-off approach to development – Texas and Oklahoma chief among them – have become unlikely clean energy champions, powering ahead with vast wind and solar farms.

But that renewable energy boom is now under threat, and from within.