Trump halts work on nearly complete New England offshore wind project

[Playingmantis]

The Trump administration halted construction on a nearly complete offshore wind project near Rhode Island as the White House continues to attack the battered U.S. offshore wind industry that scientists say is crucial to the urgent fight against climate change.

Danish wind farm developer Orsted says the Revolution Wind project is about 80% complete, with 45 out of its 65 turbines already installed.

Despite that progress — and the fact that the project had cleared years of federal and state reviews — the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued the order Friday, saying the federal government needs to review the project and “address concerns related to the protection of national security interests of the United States.”

It did not specify what the national security concerns are.

President Donald Trump has made sweeping strides to prioritize fossil fuels and hinder renewable energy projects. Trump recently called wind and solar power “THE SCAM OF THE CENTURY!” in a social media post and vowed not to approve wind or “farmer destroying Solar” projects. “The days of stupidity are over in the USA!!!” he wrote on his Truth Social site this week.

https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/trump-halts-work-new-england-offshore-wind-project-124918883


I live here in RI..and when it comes to stupidity NO ONE tops this Orange Clown!!!

[Turbineguy]

1. But..... we wanted to get cancer!

[D_Master81]

3. Dems need to make the point

I think we need to be arguing that there is a place for solar and wind along side oil and gas to power the country. Trump seems to be painting it as it’s all or nothing, 1 or the other, and I can’t figure out why no one is saying there’s room for both. I have found if you paint it that way most cons don’t have a good argument, they’re just programmed to argue against the perceived position that Dems want to get rid of the oil industry in favor of only clean energy. At this time I think we could win people over by saying clean energy could bring down the cost if we weren’t so reliant on oil for everything

[louis-t]

4. That is the way I argue it with the idiots.

A guy I've known for 30 years (voted for Fat Orange) says his trucking business is going bankrupt because of fuel prices.They, of course, haven't come down since stinky took over and just this weekend jumped up about 8%. They bitch about gas prices like someone can just wave a magic wand, then are against what could actually bring prices down. It must be frustrating to be a crazy magat.

[eppur_se_muova]

5. A clearcut example of government waste, by the waste in the White House. nt