Trump administration suspends leases for major offshore wind projects

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5659707-trump-suspends-offshore-wind-farms/

by envirowriterlady

32 comments

  3. Name Burton personally in the resulting lawsuit. Seize his ranch.

  4. There are two options, either the turbines interfere with radar, or they dont.

    If they actually do, weve telegraphed to the world that our systems are not sophisticated enough to work around wind turbines. All another country has to do is put wind turbines around strategic areas and were going to be hampered. It seems like a system should be developed so that our radar works around wind turbines since other countries are building substantial amounts of wind generation thats going to put our military aircraft at sever risk if in combat.

  5. This is the dumbest f****** thing I’ve seen. I can’t believe they can do this just by flick g the national security card. It’s clearly not that! So f*** off and stop trying to hack my energy costs to the moon!

  8. Bro was truly traumatized by those Scottish wind turbines. Hahaha! What a fucking joke of a man.

  10. when trump passes, every day folks should place little pinwheels on his gravesite as a nod to his love of wind power.

  12. Could not be dumber. Offshore is more productive and consistent than onshore. It also works all night.
    Damn, the idiots running our government.

  15. I guess he doesn’t grasp the concept of affordability. Bring on the mid term elections so that we can impeach this traitorous buffoon.

  16. Corrupted by the oil industry. These people will be the downfall of the us cause of their 18th century ideology.

  18. Russian asset

    You guys voted for this 🤦🏽‍♂️

    We need leadership that puts renewables first and emissions in a coffin

  19. What’s that quote about reading an obituary with great joy?

  21. Everything these MAGAts do is counterproductive – taking energy production offline just as demand is peaking. It’s pure sabotage.

  22. This is the stupidest thing and extremely short-sighted.

    There’s one thing that is absolutely guaranteed. The global society demands energy and will consistently need more of it, no matter the source. By taking these actions to block specific technologies like wind, solar, or whatever, the United States is only ensuring that we will not be the technology leaders and manufacturers to provide the energy solutions the rest of the world needs, leaving it up to other countries to step up and fill the demands.

  23. Can we start making a list to document all the traders who sold out the American people for a personal profit. This will help out later.

  25. *”Trump, for years, tried to block an offshore wind farm from being built in view of one of his golf course projects in Scotland, but ultimately lost the legal battle in 2019 and his company was ordered to pay more than $290,000 to the Scottish government in legal fees. He’s made a number of baseless claims about what he says are harmful effects of wind turbines over the years, claiming they cause cancer, are unreliable sources of energy and lower property values. Trump is broadly opposed to President Joe Biden’s clean energy policies and has vowed to lift regulations related to U.S. oil and gas production, including a moratorium on new permits for liquefied natural gas exports and a rollback of Biden’s policies to promote electric vehicle production.”*

    *”Trump has claimed for years that windmills have a negative impact on whales, telling an audience at a rally in South Carolina in 2023 they are driving whales “crazy” and are a contributing factor in whale deaths. He said in January wind farms “obviously” kill whales. There is no evidence to support a link between whale mortalities and off-shore wind farms, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, which says “vessel strikes and entanglement in fishing gear are the greatest human threats to large whales.”*

    [source](https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2025/01/15/trump-calls-windmills-an-economic-and-environmental-disaster-in-latest-rant-against-turbines/)

  26. The only country on the planet blocking offshore wind. True American exceptionalism.

  27. In a few years of Republican rule , our electric grid which was already poor will be so far behind every other country it will never catch up lol. Good job trump morons

  31. For those who want to contact the US govt and express disapproval, you can message the US Department of Interior here https://www.doi.gov/contact-us#no-back or call at 202-208-3100. I know it may be futile but we need to at least make it clear how we feel

  32. One only prays and hopes for windturbans be erected all around his grave to haunt him for eternity.

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