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Trump Suspends All Large Offshore Wind Farms Construction
In the latest blow to the US offshore wind industry, the Trump administration announced Monday it is suspending the federal leases for all large offshore wind projects ...
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The Trump administration said it would pause leases for five wind farms under construction off the East Coast, citing unspecified security risks.[image or embed] -- The New York Times (@nytimes.com) Dec 22, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The Trump administration said it would pause leases for five wind farms under construction off the East Coast, citing unspecified security risks.[image or embed]
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"The new sweeping order impacts five projects being built in the Atlantic Ocean, including a massive Virginia offshore wind farm that could eventually be the largest such project in the nation.
Set to be completed by the end of 2026, it would supply electricity to Virginia, the state with the world's largest cluster of power-hungry data centers " and skyrocketing energy costs partially tied to that growing demand. Other wind farms impacted are off the coast of New England.
Virginia Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, who serve on the Senate Intelligence and Armed Services committees, respectively, said the administration had "failed to share any new information justifying the sudden pause."
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Sounds like Herr Drumpf must be building a new golf course in VA.
#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-12-22 04:42 PM | Reply
High energy prices Make America Great Again! --Republicans
#2 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-12-22 04:43 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2
Donald Trump doesn't want you to have electricity.
#3 | Posted by Zed at 2025-12-22 05:09 PM | Reply
Americans lived without electricity just fine, for over a hundred years! Democrats making a mountain out of a mole hill, yet again. --Republicans
#4 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-12-22 05:10 PM | Reply | Funny: 1
All because he thought the off-shore wind farms ruin the scenic beauty of his Scotland golf course.
How Trump's loathing for wind turbines started with a Scottish court battle (July 2025) www.bbc.com
... "I am the evidence," was the eyebrow-raising comment made by Donald Trump when he appeared before the Scottish Parliament in 2012. He was speaking as an "expert" witness on green energy targets, describing how he believed wind turbines were damaging tourism in Scotland. Five years before he first became US president, it was one of his earliest interventions on renewable energy -- but since then his opposition to them has grown to become government policy in the world's biggest economy. He was objecting to 11 turbines which were planned -- and ultimately constructed -- alongside his Aberdeenshire golf course. On his latest visit to Scotland, he described those turbines as "some of the ugliest you've ever seen". When Trump bought the Menie estate, about eight miles north of Aberdeen, in 2006, he promised to create the "world's greatest" golf course. But he soon became infuriated at plans to construct an offshore wind farm nearby, arguing that the "windmills" - as he prefers to call the structures - would ruin the view. ...
He was speaking as an "expert" witness on green energy targets, describing how he believed wind turbines were damaging tourism in Scotland.
Five years before he first became US president, it was one of his earliest interventions on renewable energy -- but since then his opposition to them has grown to become government policy in the world's biggest economy.
He was objecting to 11 turbines which were planned -- and ultimately constructed -- alongside his Aberdeenshire golf course.
On his latest visit to Scotland, he described those turbines as "some of the ugliest you've ever seen".
When Trump bought the Menie estate, about eight miles north of Aberdeen, in 2006, he promised to create the "world's greatest" golf course.
But he soon became infuriated at plans to construct an offshore wind farm nearby, arguing that the "windmills" - as he prefers to call the structures - would ruin the view. ...
#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-22 06:17 PM | Reply
Well they do...to the only ones that matter...the shareholders of fossil fuel companies.
#6 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-12-23 12:34 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
Thousands more unemployed by the ------- pedo dumbass.
#7 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-12-23 03:49 PM | Reply
What a total complete dick.
#8 | Posted by senorcleavage at 2025-12-23 04:54 PM | Reply
Policy via madness and personal revenge and grifting. America for as much as three more years, IF he doesn't stroke out first. Praying.
#9 | Posted by e1g1 at 2025-12-23 05:03 PM | Reply
Presidents should not have this kind of power. It's un-American.
#10 | Posted by qcp at 2025-12-23 06:27 PM | Reply
You subtitle wrote: "...In the latest blow to the off shore wind industry... "
should read: "... In the latest gift to the fossil fuel billionaires who bought him his election ...."
#11 | Posted by prius04 at 2025-12-23 07:43 PM | Reply
Remember when the Republicans used to bitch about Dems choosing winners and losers? Good times! /s
#12 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2025-12-24 01:03 PM | Reply
you have not been paying attention; the Democrats had more funds than Republicans. don't you remember Kamala blowing through over a BILLION dollars?
#13 | Posted by Maverick at 2025-12-24 04:33 PM | Reply
subsidising wind farms and other "green energy" programs do not lower the cost of energy. this spending increases inflation
energy prices are going down unless you live in a blue state where the state taxes just keep getting higher
$2.39 where I live
#14 | Posted by Maverick at 2025-12-24 04:37 PM | Reply
#14 | Posted by Maverick
You fill your car with energy from wind turbines? Cool.
#15 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2025-12-24 04:49 PM | Reply
Maverdumbfuck, don't you remember Leon buying twitter for $44 billion to get the orange child rapist elected?
#16 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-12-24 04:50 PM | Reply
Onshore Wind: Extremely competitive; costs often range from $27-$53/MWh, making it one of the cheapest new energy sources.
High & Volatile: Oil-fired power plants have high costs, often exceeding $150/MWh,making them less competitive than renewables for new builds.
Fuel Costs: Subject to volatile commodity prices, unlike wind, which has zero fuel cost. Seriously. Do not try and talk about things you have no clue about. It makes you look like a fool.
You should keep in mind:
Tis better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.
#17 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-12-24 04:57 PM | Reply
#13 - billionaires who bought him his election The amount of cult nonsense you believe is... breathtaking:
Trump got 75 percent of billionaire donations vs Harris
"It is accurate that Donald Trump received a significantly larger share of the total dollar amount donated by billionaires in the 2024 election cycle. The split of the total dollar amount donated by billionaires was approximately 75% for Trump and his associated groups and 25% for Kamala Harris and her associated groups."
www.google.com
Dems raised more funds total, but Trump is wholly-owned by billionaire donors... whom he repaid with YOUR tax money.
#18 | Posted by Corky at 2025-12-24 05:02 PM | Reply
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