By Timothy Gardner

WASHINGTON, Dec 2 (Reuters) – The Trump administration has renamed one of the country’s energy laboratories to remove the word ‘renewable’ in the latest effort to downplay electricity sources such as solar and wind power in favor of fossil fuels.

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory, based in Golden, Colorado, will now be known as the National Laboratory of the Rockies, the lab said on its website late on Monday.

One of 17 Energy Department labs, it also pursues research in energy efficiency. It was set up by U.S. leaders including two of President Donald Trump’s fellow Republicans.

Former President Gerald Ford launched the Solar Energy Research Institute in the 1970s after the Arab oil embargo damaged the U.S. economy. Former President George H. W. Bush, a forme

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