Trump administration issues order to stop construction on New York offshore wind project

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

The Trump administration issued an order Wednesday to stop construction on a major offshore wind project to power more than 500,000 New York homes, the latest in a series of moves targeting the industry.

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum directed the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to halt construction on Empire Wind, a fully-permitted project. He said it needs further review because it appears the Biden administration rushed the approval.

The Norwegian company Equinor is building Empire Wind to start providing power in 2026. Equinor finalized the federal lease for Empire Wind in March 2017, early in President Donald Trump’s first term. BOEM approved the construction and operations plan in February 2024 and construction began that year.

Trump has been hostile to renewable energy, particularly offshore wind. His first day in office, Trump signed an executive order temporarily halting offshore wind lease sales in federal waters and pausing the issuance of approvals, permits and loans for all wind projects. Last month, the administration revoked the Clean Air Permit for an offshore wind project off the coast of New Jersey, Atlantic Shores. Construction on that wind farm had not yet begun.

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By JENNIFER McDERMOTT
Updated 7:01 PM EDT, April 16, 2025


Read more: https://apnews.com/article/wind-energy-offshore-turbines-trump-empire-wind-58ebb61bbfbdb3dc1e9b7c51692f042c

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Waiting for the other proverbial shoe to drop: A Trump EO that

halts the construction of the Gateway Project, which is to be the replacement tunnel under the Hudson River between New Jersey and New York. The other one is leaking and possibly will be inoperable within a decade.

[BidenRocks]

2. Unlike oil and coal,

chump does not control the wind.
More conduct unbecoming a human.

[Walleye]

3. So Maga believes that not completing these projects is a good idea?

None of this makes sense of course. The “common sense“ administration.

[Bengus81]

6. Yeah...and how many MAGA's would be employed on that project?

They continue to vote against their own best interest, survival and always will. I've seen it in Kansas for the 55 years I've been involved in politics.

[Walleye]

7. It's just frustrating and depressing that so many Americans are so damn dumb

[Javaman]

4. the orange assholes beef with wind energy started in Scotland.

he built his useless golf course on the coast. he lobbied the Scottish government to do away with the wind turbines because, "they ruined the view off the coast". Scotland told him to piss up a rope.

and here we are.

[wolfie001]

5. fat bloated stupid racist jackass

That's all I can come up with whilst drinking the ole mornin' coffee.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

8. He's afraid of catching cancer