(Bloomberg) -- The Trump administration is renaming the National Renewable Energy Laboratory the National Laboratory of the Rockies, in its latest move to re-characterize federal entities associated with clean energy.

The Golden, Colorado-based Energy Department lab, one of 17 national laboratories managed by the agency, has been dedicated to the research, development, commercialization and deployment of renewable energy and energy efficiency, according to its website. The lab has spearheaded innovations in solar cell efficiency and wind energy.

Its renaming, effective Dec. 1, follows a series of wide-ranging attacks on wind and solar power as the Trump administration seek to reshape the US energy landscape and reverse the green agenda championed by the previous administration.

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