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White House Orders Agencies to Escalate Fight Against Offshore Wind
Multiple federal agencies are reviewing offshore wind projects for environmental, security, and economic risks, with $679 million in funding revoked amid concerns raised by the Trump administration.
- After his January executive order, the White House launched a governmentwide campaign to slow offshore wind, with agencies implementing the order and coordinating reviews, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and senior adviser Stephen Miller said.
- The political backdrop is rooted in President Donald Trump's 14-year opposition to wind power after opposing a Scottish offshore wind farm visible from his golf course and his January executive order halting new federal wind farm leases.
- Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy revoked $679 million in federal funding, construction froze then resumed at Empire Wind after talks with Governor Kathy Hochul, and Revolution Wind was halted last month at 80% completion.
- Legal filings show the administration intends to rescind Maryland Offshore Wind Project permits and reconsider SouthCoast Wind and New England Wind approvals, alarming governors who warn this could shake investor confidence by September 18.
- Health and Human Services and the Pentagon are assessing offshore wind risks; prior reviews found electromagnetic fields 'nonsignificant,' and military says risks can be mitigated.
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White House Escalates Fight Against Offshore Wind
“The White House has taken the extraordinary step of instructing a half-dozen agencies to draft plans to thwart the country’s offshore wind industry as it intensifies its governmentwide attack on a source of renewable energy that President Trump has criticized as ugly, expensive and inefficient,” the New York Times reports. “Agencies that typically have little to do with offshore wind power have been drawn into the effort.” “At the Health and Hu…
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