{"id":384924,"date":"2025-06-25T10:16:57","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T08:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=384924"},"modified":"2025-06-25T10:16:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T08:16:58","slug":"bidens-offshore-wind-dreams-drowning-as-trump-guts-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=384924","title":{"rendered":"Biden\u2019s Offshore Wind Dreams Drowning As Trump Guts Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE DAILY CALLER<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Audrey Streb
<\/strong>DCNF Energy Reporter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The offshore wind industry is floundering as President Donald Trump reverses Biden-era policies designed to boost the industrialization of America\u2019s oceans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While President Joe Biden pushed<\/a> for an enormous expansion of offshore wind energy during his time in the White House, many of the projects his administration supported with subsidies and favorable regulation have since collapsed or been abandoned by developers due to unfavorable economic conditions<\/a> and the Trump administration\u2019s crackdown<\/a> on incentives for the green energy technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe windmills are killing our country by the way,\u201d Trump said<\/a> on June 12. \u201cWe\u2019re not going to approve windmills unless something happens that\u2019s an emergency. \u2026 I guess it could happen, but we\u2019re not doing any of them.\u201d (RELATED: Massive Offshore Wind Boondoggle Dead In Water)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Trump claims Biden\u2019s wind farms are killing whales in numbers like we\u2019ve never before seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TRUMP: \u201c[Windmills] are driving the whales, I think, a little batty. And they\u2019re washing up on shores at levels never seen before.\u201d pic.twitter.com\/0ZPlauBaBs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) September 26, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Trump moved<\/a> to temporarily withdraw all offshore wind leasing on the Continental Shelf and ordered a review of all permits for wind leasing on his first day back in the Oval Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About a dozen East Coast offshore wind projects envisioned during Biden\u2019s tenure have since been paused<\/a>, according to E&E News. Among these include the recently-axed development off the coast of New Jersey<\/a>, as well as a review of a huge project along th Massachusetts<\/a> coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve seen a chilling effect across the industry from the administration\u2019s stance on offshore wind, and subsequent damaging executive orders,\u201d Katharine Kollins, president of the Southeastern Wind Coalition, told E&E News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shell, which dropped out<\/a> of the New Jersey project in January after initially pledging to invest nearly $1 billion in the development, reportedly told E&E News that it \u201cwill not lead new offshore wind developments.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite Trump\u2019s moves to block offshore wind expansion, many Democrat officials still support the technology. Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul kept<\/a> her state\u2019s massive offshore wind project alive in May, reportedly<\/a> in exchange for working with the Trump administration to advance fossil fuel pipelines in the state, though Hochul\u2019s office previously told the Daily Caller News Foundation that they made no official deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In recent years, opposition to offshore wind farms surged due to concerns about high-voltage cables being routed<\/a> through residential neighborhoods and reports of dead whales and dolphins washing<\/a> up along the East Coast, which some observers suspect is linked to ocean industrialization. Additionally, wind turbines off the coast of New England have malfunctioned and shed debris<\/a> into the ocean, prompting environmentalists to voice concerns<\/a> about marine life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fishermen have also spoken out against<\/a> these projects, arguing that their industry and livelihoods are endangered by offshore wind farms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shell and the Southeastern Wind Coalition did not respond to the DCNF\u2019s requests for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter\u2019s byline and their DCNF affiliation. For any questions about our guidelines or partnering with us, please contact licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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