Against the wind: despite Trump’s attacks, unions are fighting for good US clean energy jobs

Union workers at the assembly and staging hub for Revolution Wind, an offshore wind project in New London, Connecticut, gather to discuss the Trump administration's order to halt construction on 25 August 2025. Photograph: Tyler Russell/Connecticut Public Broadcasting via Getty

Ryan McElroen had spent years repairing the New York City subway underground when he got the opportunity to work in the middle of the ocean.

“I had no views other than the darkness at work,” he said. “Then I went polar opposite.”