NYTIMES (Brad Plumer) - More Than 150 Wind Projects Stall as Pentagon Delays Reviews
The delays, which companies say have worsened significantly in recent weeks, are the latest step in the Trump administration’s efforts to block wind power.
THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Trump Admin Hands $1BN to French Firm to Cancel Wind Farm Deal.
The Trump administration announced a $928 million deal with French energy company TotalEnergies to cancel offshore wind farm leases in federal waters off New York and North Carolina. The agreement was revealed by the Interior Department and involves a refund of the lease payments made during the former Biden government. The post Trump Admin Hands $1BN to French Firm to Cancel Wind Farm Deal. appeared first on The National Pulse .
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The Trump administration is paying $928 million to TotalEnergies to cancel its offshore wind farm leases off the coasts of New York and North Carolina. WHO WAS INVOLVED: TotalEnergies, the Trump administration, the Interior Department, the Department of Justice (DOJ), and New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D). WHEN & WHERE: The deal was announced on Monday and involves federal waters off New York and North Carolina. KEY QUOTE: TotalEnergies CEO, Patrick Pouyanné, stated that offshore wind was deemed “not the most affordable way to produce electricity” and that pursuing it in the U.S. was too expensive. IMPACT: Funds intended for renewable energy are being redirected to fossil fuel projects, sparking…Open
JUSTTHENEWS (Kevin Killough) - Trump admin to pay $1B to French firm to end offshore US wind farms, switch to oil, gas production
TotalEnergies will shift $928 million in "expensive, unreliable, environmentally disruptive, and subsidy-dependent" offshore wind investment to LNG infrastructure and oil and gas production.
JUSTTHENEWS (Natalia Mittelstadt) - Federal court lets wind farm construction resume after Trump administration block
Courts have issued similar injunctions in recent weeks against stop work orders that the administration issued to four other projects
AI:A federal court has ordered the resumption of offshore wind farm construction, overturning a stop-work order issued by the Trump administration. This ruling marks the fifth recent legal setback for the administration's efforts to halt these projects, as courts continue to issue injunctions against similar executive orders aimed at stopping offshore wind development.Open
NYTIMES (Maxine Joselow) - Judge Revives Wind Farm That Trump Halted Off Martha’s Vineyard
The project, known as Vineyard Wind, was already 95 percent complete when the Trump administration ordered construction to stop.