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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump signs executive order pausing wind turbine leases, could impact Midwest
President Donald Trump on Monday made good his promise to create policy "where no windmills are being built."
The executive order he signed Monday temporarily halts offshore wind energy lease sales in federal waters and pauses approvals, permits and loans for both offshore and onshore wind.
During the pause, officials will review the environmental impact of both onshore and offshore wind projects on wildlife and consider the "economic costs associated with intermittent generation" and the effects of subsidies on the viability of the wind energy industry, according to the executive order.
Land-based wind turbines currently produce 10% of the United State's electricity, according to American Clean Power, an industry group. The vast majority of those are built on private land.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2025/01/21/trump-executive-order-wind-turbine-offshore-projects/77848624007/

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(4,780 posts)dalton99a
(86,174 posts)travelingthrulife
(1,483 posts)sinkingfeeling
(53,964 posts)to third world status. No longer a leader in innovation, we will sit on the sidelines as the rest of the world drives EVs and runs their homes and businesses with clean energy.
Johonny
(22,676 posts)There is no upside
newdeal2
(1,627 posts)They produce the most wind power in the US. Wonder if any will dare cross Dear Leader.
keep_left
(2,669 posts)Trump is a total shill for the fossil fuel energy economy, and has been for years. Here's some campaign remarks from Ohio in August 2020 that some may recall. Trump was ridiculed for his statement, in which he claimed that Biden, a lifelong Catholic, will "hurt God" and "hurt the Bible."
Trump also attacked Biden for being "against energy...our kind of energy"--whatever the fuck that is. See 1:09.