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[saywhat-politics]

Trump suffers major losses in his war on offshore wind

The administration’s arguments that offshore wind farms present a national security risk failed to convince judges in three separate courts.

President Donald Trump’s long-running quest to demolish the U.S. offshore wind sector is facing some serious blowback in federal court.

Three different judges — including one appointed by Trump — last week allowed construction to resume on multi-billion-dollar offshore wind projects off the coasts of New England, New York and Virginia that the Interior Department was trying to idle.

After Congress shredded incentives for wind last year and the administration imposed new permitting roadblocks, the industry’s streak of victories this week represent a significant setback in Trump’s campaign to erase the Biden administration’s clean energy agenda and deepen the country’s reliance on fossil fuels.

Democrats and wind supporters hailed the clean sweep in this week’s legal cases, even if the ultimate fate of those massive offshore energy projects remains to be determined.

“Trump is getting his butt kicked again. The question is whether he learns from that,” said Democratic Rep. Scott Peters of California.

The legal decisions, Peters said, “reinforces what we’ve been saying: That this is illegal. It’s a bad signal to the markets.”

Trump has made no secret of his deep dislike of wind farms — particularly those built in coastal waters. “My goal is to not let any windmill be built,” Trump told a meeting of oil executives at the White House last week. “They’re losers.”

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[the-hearth-and-the-wild]

There isn’t one kind of happiness, there’s all kinds. Decision is torment for anyone with imagination. When you decide, you multiply the things you might have done and now never can.

Penelope Fitzgerald, Offshore

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