Former Vice President Al Gore said global momentum behind renewable energy is strengthening but warned that American politics are being skewed by President Donald Trump’s opposition to climate initiatives, creating what he called a “distortion field.”

In an interview with Axios published Wednesday, Gore discussed the findings of a new report from his Generation Investment Management fund, which tracks global low-carbon energy growth and the pressures facing the clean-energy transition. The analysis concluded that while climate progress has been slowed, opponents cannot ultimately stop it. Gore pointed to China’s expansion of renewable energy alongside continued coal construction, and noted that much of the emissions growth and clean-technology deployment is occurring outside the Uni

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