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Posted on 08/25/2025 9:44:24 AM PDT by Signalman
The Department of the Interior (DOI) is immediately halting all activity on a massive offshore wind farm project that was established by the Biden Administration, according to a report from the Daily Caller.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM, which falls under the DOI, is halting activity on the “Revolution Wind” project off the coast of Rhode Island and Connecticut effective immediately. President Donald Trump has long criticized wind farm projects, pointing to their notoriously unreliable output, foreign control of key components for wind projects and environmental concerns.
In recent weeks and months, the DOI has dealt a number of significant blows to the wind energy industry, including an end to Biden-era “preferential treatment” and moving to terminate the massive Lava Ridge Wind Project in southern Idaho. The latter project was green-lit just weeks before President Trump returned to office.
“Americans deserve energy that is affordable, reliable, and built to last — not experimental and expensive wind projects that are proven failures,” DOI deputy press secretary Aubrie Spady told the Daily Caller. “In line with President Donald Trump’s Energy Dominance Agenda, Interior is putting an immediate stop to these costly failures to deliver a stronger energy future and lower costs for American families. Like President Trump said, ‘the days of stupidity are over in the USA!’”
The Biden Administration had approved the Revolution Wind project in 2023, which is located on the federally-owned Outer Continental Shelf. Cancelling the project follows in line with the Trump Administration’s radical shift on energy policy, namely in shifting focus away from solar and wing projects in favor of traditional energy sources.
Trump signed an executive order directing the DOI to “revise any identified regulations, guidance, policies, and practices as appropriate and consistent with applicable law to eliminate any such preferences for wind and solar facilities” on July 7. The order fulfilled a popular campaign promise from the president to end his predecessor’s “green new deal” policies in favor of a “drill baby drill” agenda.
“Any State that has built and relied on WINDMILLS and SOLAR for power are seeing RECORD BREAKING INCREASES IN ELECTRICITY AND ENERGY COSTS,” the president posted on Truth Social earlier this week. “THE SCAM OF THE CENTURY! We will not approve wind or farmer destroying Solar. The days of stupidity are over in the USA!!!”
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum reiterated the administration’s opposition to wind farms in a social media post of his own, which noted that wind farms have depleted populations of eagles and other rare bird species. Offshore wind farms like Revolution Wind have also faced criticism for killing whales and dolphins, oftentimes from environmental groups that often support left-wing political causes and candidates.
“Wind projects are known to kill eagles, and climate extremists in the Biden admin still greenlit scores of these projects,” Burgum posted on X. “[The DOI] is enforcing the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act to ensure that our national bird is not sacrificed for unreliable wind facilities!”
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Well they axed for it.
Not for nothing ...but I bet THE PEOPLE having to look at these monsters are secretly toasting President Trump.
Those docks are better used to build big beautiful submarines.
Those planned offshore windmills are monstrous. 800+ feet high with blades 300+ feet long.
Secretly the uber rich liberals in the coastal enclaves love that.
Meanwhile Virginia is full speed ahead with their wind farm folly.
I was involved in offshore construction and maintenance of offshore facilities for much of my career. Most of that activity was in the relatively benign waters of the Gulf of America. The damage after a hurricane is significant but for most of the year things are pretty calm. Still, the cost of building staying offshore is very high.
I can’t imagine the difficulty and cost of maintaining so many offshore windmills on minimally constructed platforms with such massive overturning moments as a 400 to 500 foot bladed windmill in the harsh environment of the Atlantic.
“Meanwhile Virginia is full speed ahead with their wind farm folly.”
Not if Winsome Sears becomes Governor, God willing.
Trump- Take that billions of dollars of windmills and shove it!
Ted Kennedy successfully stopped the wind farm that was proposed to the west of Nantucket because he liked to sail his yacht there. Plus you would be able to see it from the family compound on Cape Cod.
When he finally went to meet Mary Jo they started building the towers.
Has a Biden or Obama appointed judge ruled that the program must be immediately restarted?
Gee, what’s taking them so long?
Maybe even the liberals are getting lawfare fatigue.
I don't think they went to the same place.
Thank God.
Common sense prevailing over Lying Leftist deceit and stupidity.
They have had plans to redouble the folly off the West Coast by installing floating platforms, tethered to the seabed by long cables.
Let it go through, but change location just off the coastline of Martha’s Vineyard.
While we’re at it, let’s stop subsidizing ethanol.
nobody wants those hideous, wasteful eyesores
The whales, dolphins and other sound/vibration-sensitive creatures of the sea say; “thank-you, President Trump”.
Unfortunately, they can’t vote....
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