Trump Says Clean Energy Is a Scam. That Could Benefit China, Experts Say. Nick Loris was asked about subsidies in The New York Times. “Nick Loris, the vice president of public policy at C3 Solutions, a conservative-leaning energy group, said he believed subsidies should be reserved only for things like early-stage research and development of new technologies. He called the $488 billion that has poured into the United States from private companies a ‘mixed bag’ and said he worries the tax credits have created a manufacturing bubble that might not be able to survive without subsidies.” Read the full article here.