Webisode 57DHYAFM December 22 2025 Trump Halts Five Wind Farms Off the East Coast

Webisode 57DHYAFM December 22 2025 Trump Halts Five Wind Farms Off the East Coast In Webisode 57DHYAFM 1 Trump Halts Five Wind Farms Off the East Coast 2 How The Trump First Year Reshaped US Energy and Climate Policy 3 Can You Spot a Health Scam? 5 Far right US Neo Nazi terror group steps up US operations as FBI pulls back Online activity shows the Base headed by alleged Russian asset Rinaldo Nazzaro sees US and Ukraine as key centers 6 Universities Who Finishes First in Life? Often Late Bloomers A new study suggests that the people who reach the pinnacle of their fields typically dabbled in multiple disciplines when they were young 7 and 8 Headlines Main Content 1 Trump Halts Five Wind Farms Off the East Coast The Interior Department said the projects posed national security risks without providing details The decision imperils billions of dollars of investments 691 Wind turbine parts on a pier Parts for the construction of Revolution Wind one of five projects the Trump administration paused on Monday Excerpts edited by RAWSEP for brevity and clarity and relationship to Residents Against Wood Smoke Emission Particulates a 501C3 nonprofit organization The New York Times December 22 2025 The Trump administration on Monday said it would pause leases for five wind farms under construction off the East Coast essentially gutting the American nascent offshore wind industry in a sharp escalation of President The Trump crusade against the renewable energy source The decision injected uncertainty into projects that were collectively expected to power more than 2 point 5 million homes and businesses across the Eastern United States It left intact just two operational wind farms in US coastal waters one small project off Rhode Island that has been complete since 2016 and a larger project off New York that has been fully operational since 2023 The five wind farms targeted on Monday had all obtained leases from the Biden administration But citing unspecified national security concerns the Trump administration said it would freeze those leases effectively blocking construction or operations and jeopardizing billions of dollars that have already been invested One of the projects Vineyard Wind 1 off Massachusetts is already partially running with about half of the 62 turbines of the project sending power to the electric grid In addition to Vineyard Wind 1 the other projects affected by the pause are Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind off Virginia Sunrise Wind and Empire Wind off New York and Revolution Wind off Rhode Island and Connecticut The abrupt announcement left the wind farm builders sputtering David Schoetz a spokesman for Equinor the developer of Empire Wind said the company was reviewing the stop work order and seeking more information from the government Jeremy Slayton a spokesman for Dominion Energy called the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Project essential for American national security and meeting the dramatically growing energy needs of Virginia The company argued that stopping the project for any length of time would threaten grid reliability for some of the nation’s most important war fighting AI and civilian assets Slayton also dismissed the Trump unspecified national security concerns saying the wind farm was developed in close coordination with the military He also noted that the two pilot turbines of the project have been operating for five years without causing any impacts to national security We stand ready to do what is necessary to get these vital electrons flowing as quickly as possible Slayton said Representatives for developers of the other projects including the Danish energy giant Orsted did not immediately respond to requests for comment Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind had escaped attention from the Trump administration for months in part because of strong support from Governor Glenn Youngkin Republican of Virginia But its fate became uncertain after Abigail Spanberger a moderate Democrat won the Virginia race for Governor in November to succeed Youngkin In New York Empire Wind has had an on again off again relationship with the Trump administration In April the Interior Department ordered that construction be stopped on Empire Wind pushing the 5 billion dollar project to the brink of collapse After several weeks and negotiations with Governor Kathy Hochul a Democrat the