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Trump’s Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy Terminates and Withdraws $679 Million from Doomed Offshore Wind Projects | US Department of Transportation  Department of Transportation (.gov) Trump administration cancels $679 million for offshore wind projects  CNBC Why did Trump halt their project? Union wind workers want answers  USA Today How much trouble is the world’s biggest offshore-wind developer in?  The Economist Wind farm shutdown will …

Wind turbines in Rio Vista, California, US, on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Department of Transportation on Friday canceled $679 million in federal funding for a dozen infrastructure projects that would support offshore wind power in the U.S., the latest attack in President Donald Trump’s campaign to halt the development of renewable …

In a statement to Politico’s E&E News days after the order was lifted in May, the White House claimed that Hochul “caved” and struck an agreement to allow “two natural gas pipelines to advance” through New York. Hochul denied that any such deal was made. Trump has made no effort to conceal his disdain for wind power and other renewable …

Trump halts already-approved offshore wind farm  The Hill Orsted shares sink to record lows after US halts wind farm off Rhode Island  Reuters Trump Administration Orders Work Halted on Wind Farm That Is Nearly Built  The New York Times Trump to Halt Development of Another Offshore Wind Farm  Bloomberg.com ISO-NE statement on Revolution Wind stop work order  ISO Newswire Source link

NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) — A nearly complete wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island and Connecticut faces an uncertain future after the Trump administration abruptly halted construction, and the states’ Democratic governors, lawmakers and union workers called Monday for the president to reverse course. The administration said last week that the federal government needs to review the Revolution …

The Revolution Wind farm was already 80 percent complete before the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management sent it a letter Friday to “halt all ongoing activities” to address purported national security concerns and “interference” with other potential uses for the area. Revolution Wind is supposed to provide enough electricity for more than 350,000 homes in Rhode Island and Connecticut …

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 …

The Democratic governors of Rhode Island and Connecticut promised on Saturday to fight a Trump administration order halting work on a nearly complete wind farm off their coasts that was expected to be operational next year. The Revolution Wind project was about 80% complete, with 45 of its 65 turbines already installed, according to the Danish wind farm developer Ørsted, …

Offshore wind blades and other equipment in New London, Conn. President Trump is a longtime critic of the wind industry. Seth Wenig/AP hide caption toggle caption Seth Wenig/AP The Trump administration has ordered companies to stop construction of a wind farm that’s being built off the coast of Rhode Island. The acting director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, …

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 …