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CentralMass

(16,855 posts)
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 02:13 PM Dec 22

Trump suspends all large offshore wind farms under construction, threatening thousands of jobs and cheaper energy

https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/22/climate/trump-offshore-wind-suspension-virginia
"It marks a major escalation in President Donald Trump’s attacks against offshore wind, a form of energy he has long railed against. The suspension could impact billions of dollars of investment and stall nearly six gigawatts of new electricity set to come online in the next few years.

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.
what those risks were. The release also noted the potential for wind turbine movement and light reflectivity to interfere with radar.

In a Monday Fox Business interview, Interior Sec. Doug Burgum said the Department of Defense has “conclusively” determined that large offshore wind farms “have created radar interference that creates a genuine risk for the US,” especially “our east coast population centers.”

CNN has reached out to the Department of Defense for comment on its new report."
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Trump suspends all large offshore wind farms under construction, threatening thousands of jobs and cheaper energy (Original Post) CentralMass Dec 22 OP
Harming the economy is his job. Turbineguy Dec 22 #1
And his ego cannot stand knowing people will go on when he is dead and buried Attilatheblond Dec 22 #2
I bet many of those wind workers are republican BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 22 #3
The Orange Pantload is just plain evil. CentralMass Dec 22 #4
He is absolutely psychotic about wind farms. Ever since he couldn't get them removed from offshore of his stupid Liberal In Texas Dec 22 #5
Funny that you mention that--Trump was recently interviewed... keep_left Dec 22 #6
🤮 Maria Fartaroma. CentralMass Dec 22 #7

Attilatheblond

(8,291 posts)
2. And his ego cannot stand knowing people will go on when he is dead and buried
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 02:15 PM
Dec 22

He gets paid to destroy the environment and humanity and is enjoying doing so because he is a nasty, insane mofo.

Liberal In Texas

(15,983 posts)
5. He is absolutely psychotic about wind farms. Ever since he couldn't get them removed from offshore of his stupid
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 02:39 PM
Dec 22

Scottish golf course.
Next he'll be building coal fired electricity plants. Let's make the air look and feel like we live in the industrial revolution!


keep_left

(3,160 posts)
6. Funny that you mention that--Trump was recently interviewed...
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 03:11 PM
Dec 22

...by the execrable Maria Bartiromo on her Sunday show for Fox "News". The takeaway messages were: "we're doing coal!", "I don't want windmills", solar farms are "ugly as hell", and "they cover up half a mountain". For many years now, Trump's had two particularly inscrutable obsessions: destroying the alternative energy economy, and returning the nation to the days of coal-fired power plants.

https://democraticunderground.com/10143573453#post1

(See 0:35-1:57).

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