Trump halts five under-construction offshore wind projects, citing national security
Trump halts five under-construction offshore wind projects, citing national security
by Jumpinghoops46
Trump halts five under-construction offshore wind projects, citing national security
Trump halts five under-construction offshore wind projects, citing national security
by Jumpinghoops46
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insanity
He is so against clean energy… its gross. Very much on par, for a fat, weak, old, fragile, stupid, hateful, and I’ll say it again, OLD man. The world is changing, and everyone that isnt Trump is evolving with it. He is dying, and he wants everyone else to die with him. “If I cant have it, nobody can” And that, is who you hateful MAGAts elected.
He does know green energy employs 10’s of thousands of good paying jobs for americans right?. POS has something against windmills.
What a total moron… grampa loses his mind.
The juxtaposition is striking—Trump is simultaneously investing in unproven fusion technology while shutting down operational renewable energy projects. The Virginia offshore wind farm alone would power around 660,000 homes and supply electricity to the world’s largest data hub.
We have one man to thank for high energy prices. That obese orange moron in the White House
The Heritage Foundation was organized by oil billionaire Charles Koch, and they write the policies that get signed into law.
Wind and solar are the cheapest and fastest sources to bring on new energy production and this asshole is fucking over everyone.
He’s going to turn around and blame Biden for increasing energy prices and his stupid fucking base is going to suck it up.
I will say his base is even showing signs of retreat over in r/Conservative. They agree with a lot of his crazy bullshit, but even a lot of that crowd are calling bullshit on his energy policies and his over aggressive tactics in South America.
Is this because of the coming Greenland invasion ?
Denmark is a major offshore wind turbine manufacturer and the US doesn’t want their energy grid to be vulnerable to DDĹ“G attacks?
*”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/)
His diapers are a natural security threat.
When does the republican party stand up and stop this man baby from sabotaging US economy and ruining relations with European allies?
Stopping the construction of renewable energy sources is a national security threat.
Jensen may want to retract his statement that Trump saved AI by expanding energy, lol.
Fucking dope
Why do them allow him to lie and get his way? This path leads to isolation of the US, Depression and war.
The US will not survive in its current capacity unless the laws are changed to create parameters for what constitutes national security and what constitutes a national emergency with a legal process for contesting such claims.
The current laws have the executive branch determine if a matter is national security or a national emergency with no need for consent from congress and no valid method of contesting from the courts.
It’s an age old problem dating back to the English civil war that was never fixed in the US constitution and it’s a glaring hole that has been abused too many times.
Trumpy… The one trick pony…
NATIONAL SECURITY!
I must do this because of NATIONAL SECURITY!
Only I can do this, because of NATIONAL SECURITY!
NATIONAL SECURITY!
Congratulations America – from now on, any large scale infrastructure project will be paid up front, since no one is willing to invest billions into projects, just to have them stopped by whomever last spoke to the Orange Baffoon…
The immediate national security threat is trump himself.
It’s like a child who found a new trick that works with their parents.
“National Security”. The magic words for unchecked power! Everything he wants to change is a National Security emergence.
The article gave the explanation why offshore wind is considered a national security risk.
“The Interior Department paused the leases for these projects over national security concerns related to the movement of massive turbine blades and the highly reflective towers, which create radar interference called “clutter.” The department argued that “clutter” can obscure legitimate targets and generate false targets in their vicinity.”
I’ll let you decide if that is a legitimate fear to have or not.
Since the USA no longer supports renewable energy, some of these companies should consider relocating to Canada.
We still believe in science, our government will support this industry, we will be a better conduit to international markets, we already sell our excess energy to the USA, and the technology will be cheaper to produce with lower tariffed materials and lower labour costs.
Yeah. Those wind projects are super busy surveilling us, stealing our data, and selling it to corporations to send us shitty ads laced with viruses. Silly windmills. Ugh.
FDR stopped Robert Moses from building a bridge in Battery Park NYC by claiming National Security issues. It was bullshit then, and even more bullshit on this one
With all the thirsty data centers being built we need wind and solar power more and more every day and an updated grid to get it where it’s needed.
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