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this article is correct - we are all waiting for the day this train wreck is out of office
"...Construction has resumed on four offshore wind mega-projects after they survived a near-fatal attack by Donald Trump’s administration thanks to rulings by federal judges. These are being seen as victories for clean energy amid a wider war being waged on it by the Trump administration.
The windfarms are considered critical by grid planners as America faces an energy affordability crisis. Together, the four projects will contribute nearly five gigawatts of energy to the east coast, enough to power 3.5m homes.
In December, the Trump administration issued an order halting the construction of five offshore wind projects along the east coast, citing “reasons of national security”. On 9 January, during a White House meeting with oil and gas executives, the president said: “My goal is to not let any windmill be built. They’re losers.”
But in mid-January, federal judges rejected the administration’s claims and allowed construction to resume on four of the five projects. Work began immediately on Vineyard Wind, Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind, Empire Wind 1 and Revolution Wind. A fifth project, Sunrise Wind, is also fighting the stop work order and has a court hearing on Monday that industry experts believe will have a positive outcome.
Judges across different jurisdictions ruled against the Trump administration. “This is a broad rejection of the administration’s arguments,” said John Carlson, the senior north-east regional policy manager for the climate non-profit Clean Air Task Force.
The stop-work order argued that wind turbines could interfere with military radar, but Carlson said it was a pretext to undermine wind power. “All these projects already went through very significant national security reviews,” he said.
“He’s losing in court, and I think he will continue losing in court. But that’s not the entire playing field,” Carlson noted.
To the wind industry, the court rulings are bittersweet. Trump may be losing the court battle against offshore projects already under construction, but he has succeeded in causing a nosedive in new projects, leaving the industry and its allies longing for the day he leaves office.
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While it has been observed that Trump’s dislike of wind began a decade ago after he lost a legal battle against a windfarm near his golf resort in Scotland, he has not been consistent on the issue. During his first presidency, his administration actually supported offshore wind, before turning against it in 2019.
Studies from Brown University and the Center for American Progress have linked growing local opposition to a network of oil-and-gas-funded groups. One such group successfully petitionedDoug Burgum, the interior secretary, to issue the December stop-work orders.
The fossil fuel-funded disinformation campaigns and stop work orders are not only contributing to the energy affordability crisis, but also undermining America’s permitting process, Ohleth said: “It’s completely invalidating the stability there used to be for building in the United States, turning [it] into a cartel system, where you need to please the powers at the top to build something.”
www.theguardian.com
comrade stalin
moscow
"...Construction has resumed on four offshore wind mega-projects after they survived a near-fatal attack by Donald Trump’s administration thanks to rulings by federal judges. These are being seen as victories for clean energy amid a wider war being waged on it by the Trump administration.
The windfarms are considered critical by grid planners as America faces an energy affordability crisis. Together, the four projects will contribute nearly five gigawatts of energy to the east coast, enough to power 3.5m homes.
In December, the Trump administration issued an order halting the construction of five offshore wind projects along the east coast, citing “reasons of national security”. On 9 January, during a White House meeting with oil and gas executives, the president said: “My goal is to not let any windmill be built. They’re losers.”
But in mid-January, federal judges rejected the administration’s claims and allowed construction to resume on four of the five projects. Work began immediately on Vineyard Wind, Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind, Empire Wind 1 and Revolution Wind. A fifth project, Sunrise Wind, is also fighting the stop work order and has a court hearing on Monday that industry experts believe will have a positive outcome.
Judges across different jurisdictions ruled against the Trump administration. “This is a broad rejection of the administration’s arguments,” said John Carlson, the senior north-east regional policy manager for the climate non-profit Clean Air Task Force.
The stop-work order argued that wind turbines could interfere with military radar, but Carlson said it was a pretext to undermine wind power. “All these projects already went through very significant national security reviews,” he said.
“He’s losing in court, and I think he will continue losing in court. But that’s not the entire playing field,” Carlson noted.
To the wind industry, the court rulings are bittersweet. Trump may be losing the court battle against offshore projects already under construction, but he has succeeded in causing a nosedive in new projects, leaving the industry and its allies longing for the day he leaves office.
...
While it has been observed that Trump’s dislike of wind began a decade ago after he lost a legal battle against a windfarm near his golf resort in Scotland, he has not been consistent on the issue. During his first presidency, his administration actually supported offshore wind, before turning against it in 2019.
Studies from Brown University and the Center for American Progress have linked growing local opposition to a network of oil-and-gas-funded groups. One such group successfully petitionedDoug Burgum, the interior secretary, to issue the December stop-work orders.
The fossil fuel-funded disinformation campaigns and stop work orders are not only contributing to the energy affordability crisis, but also undermining America’s permitting process, Ohleth said: “It’s completely invalidating the stability there used to be for building in the United States, turning [it] into a cartel system, where you need to please the powers at the top to build something.”
Is Trump winning or losing his war on offshore wind power?
The US president tried to kill offshore wind projects – now four are back under construction
comrade stalin
moscow
