Trump halts all 5 East coast Wind projects

[1srelluc]

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-pausing-five-offshore-wind-projects-over-national-security-concerns-burgum-2025-12-22/

Dec 22 (Reuters) - The Trump administration suspended leases for five large-scale under-construction offshore wind projects over national security concerns, the Department of the Interior said on Monday.
The department said the move was made after the Pentagon raised concerns that the movement of turbine blades and the highly reflective towers cause radar interference.


The pause will give relevant federal agencies "time to work with leaseholders and state partners to assess the possibility of mitigating the national security risks posed by these projects," the Interior Department said in a statement.

Good, kill those things with a quickness....Do federal land leases next.

I'd sooner have a nuke plant or a supermax prison on my property line than a wind or solar farm.

 

[candycorn]

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-pausing-five-offshore-wind-projects-over-national-security-concerns-burgum-2025-12-22/

Dec 22 (Reuters) - The Trump administration suspended leases for five large-scale under-construction offshore wind projects over national security concerns, the Department of the Interior said on Monday.
The department said the move was made after the Pentagon raised concerns that the movement of turbine blades and the highly reflective towers cause radar interference.


The pause will give relevant federal agencies "time to work with leaseholders and state partners to assess the possibility of mitigating the national security risks posed by these projects," the Interior Department said in a statement.

Good, kill those things with a quickness....Do federal land leases next.

I'd sooner have a nuke plant or a supermax prison on my property line than a wind or solar farm.

More damage to the already fragile economy.

 

[Gabe Lackmann]

Oh wow man, like wow man, bummer maaan, no gigantic fkin eye sores off the coast maaaaaaan?
Probably create more power if all the environmentalist dick wipes saved their farts in jars.

 

[Mr Natural]

Who needs all those useless wind turbines when we’re getting loads of free oil from Venezuela?

 

[CrusaderFrank]

More damage to the already fragile economy.

Oh I thought you were going to say ecosystem instead of economy

 

[Clipper]

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-pausing-five-offshore-wind-projects-over-national-security-concerns-burgum-2025-12-22/

Dec 22 (Reuters) - The Trump administration suspended leases for five large-scale under-construction offshore wind projects over national security concerns, the Department of the Interior said on Monday.
The department said the move was made after the Pentagon raised concerns that the movement of turbine blades and the highly reflective towers cause radar interference.


The pause will give relevant federal agencies "time to work with leaseholders and state partners to assess the possibility of mitigating the national security risks posed by these projects," the Interior Department said in a statement.

Good, kill those things with a quickness....Do federal land leases next.

I'd sooner have a nuke plant or a supermax prison on my property line than a wind or solar farm.

When there's an energy shortage in the grid & your electric rates skyrocket thanks to Trump's deranged hatred for green energy, see how much you love what he's doing. The majority of new energy produced & has come online in the last few years has come from solar, wind & hydro, not fossil fuels or coal. Soooo, what do you think is going to happen when all those green energy projects are taken offline & out of the equation, genius?

No wonder why Big Oil etc paid off Trump.

 

[Norm Paperman]

Just one more reason to be embarrassed to be an American.

Trump uses the stupid national security excuse for all of his overreaches of power.

He even said that movies being made outside the US was a national security issue.

 

[wist43]

A step in the right direction.

Now if we can begin the process of tearing down the existing eyesores, we'll be on to something

 

[schmidlap]

More damage to the already fragile economy.

Clearly.

The ignorant blowhard's contempt for clean energy is expensive.

He surrendered the growing global solar and wind technology markets to China, and now he is pandering to the dirty fuel cartel at an enormous cost to American consumers.

In New England, the regional grid operator warned the stoppage could send power prices soaring and threaten the reliability of its six-state electric system. In Virginia, the utility building the country’s largest coastal wind project said the pause hinders its ability to keep up with rising electricity consumption from data centers. And on Capitol Hill, the order threatened to stymie a long-debated bipartisan energy permitting bill winding its way through Congress...​

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Rising electricity prices have emerged as a growing political problem for Trump’s party ... and Trump’s newest move jeopardizes major new power sources that were already on their way to completion.​

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“It is coming at a time when the main topic is affordability, affordability. This is running contrary to that in my opinion,” said Tim Ennis, a power market analyst at GridStatus, a website that tracks wholesale electricity markets. “​

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https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/22/trump-leaves-wind-industry-reeling-at-a-perilous-moment-for-his-party-00704170

 

[candycorn]

Clearly.

The ignorant blowhard's contempt for clean energy is expensive.

He surrendered the growing global solar and wind technology markets to China, and now he is pandering to the dirty fuel cartel at an enormous cost to American consumers.

In New England, the regional grid operator warned the stoppage could send power prices soaring and threaten the reliability of its six-state electric system. In Virginia, the utility building the country’s largest coastal wind project said the pause hinders its ability to keep up with rising electricity consumption from data centers. And on Capitol Hill, the order threatened to stymie a long-debated bipartisan energy permitting bill winding its way through Congress...​

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Rising electricity prices have emerged as a growing political problem for Trump’s party ... and Trump’s newest move jeopardizes major new power sources that were already on their way to completion.​

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“It is coming at a time when the main topic is affordability, affordability. This is running contrary to that in my opinion,” said Tim Ennis, a power market analyst at GridStatus, a website that tracks wholesale electricity markets. “​

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https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/22/trump-leaves-wind-industry-reeling-at-a-perilous-moment-for-his-party-00704170

That and it also decreased the energy supply...thus driving the price higher.

 

[schmidlap]

That and it also decreased the energy supply...thus driving the price higher.

Trump's accelerating derangement augers his imminent downfall.

Serious damage is being inflicted upon the nation, but science, medicine, higher education, civility, and respect for truth can recover.

Raving that immigrants were eating pet cats and dogs in Ohio in a presidential debate signaled that he is no longer able to control himself in the public media, and his handlers can neither control nor hide him,.

He continues to deteriorate, and it can't be concealed:

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[drudge X]

Folks on Martha's Vineyard are very happy, especially the Kennedy clan.

 

[wist43]

Trump's accelerating derangement augers his imminent downfall.

Serious damage is being inflicted upon the nation, but science, medicine, higher education, civility, and respect for truth can recover.

Raving that immigrants were eating pet cats and dogs in Ohio in a presidential debate signaled that he is no longer able to control himself in the public media, and his handlers can neither control nor hide him,.

He continues to deteriorate, and it can't be concealed:

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You're completely delusional.

 

[schmidlap]

You're completely delusional.

Just keep tracking down all those immigrants eating pet cats and dogs in Ohio, and let me know when you identify one.

 

[Dekster]

They need to learn to make electric off those windspinner things. The one my wife stuck in the backyard is almost always spinning even when there is no appreciable wind. She moved that thing around for weeks until she found the spot where it spun the most.

 

[Zincwarrior]

I guess the checks didn't clear.

 

[MarathonMike]

Who needs all those useless wind turbines when we’re getting loads of free oil from Venezuela?

Saving the Federal subsidies on windmills and saving the whales!

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Thank GOD these terrible projects are ended.

 

[wist43]

We need to get rid of solar and wind.

We have all of the electrical generation we need with NG, coal, and nuclear.

Thorium is likely the longterm solution.

CO2 does not drive climate.

 

[Clipper]

Thank GOD these terrible projects are ended.

Trump's $200 million shakedown of Big Oil & energy suppliers is paying off handsomly for them. Trump gets another bribe & ratepayers pay the price for his Mob Boss tactics. But guess what? The majority of new energy produced in this Country in the past few years has come from green energy projects such as solar & wind. Now get ready to be screwed again with higher electric rates thanks to your boy.

And you MAGA fools grab your ankles as Trump & his corporate cronies go in dry.