"Interior Secretary Doug Burgum halted construction of a major offshore wind farm off New York on Wednesday, in a marked escalation of President Donald Trump’s fight against offshore wind.
Burgum said in a post on X that he had directed the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, a division of the Interior Department, to stop work on Empire Wind. He wrote that the Biden administration had permitted the 810-megawatt project “without sufficient analysis.”
“On day one, @POTUS called for comprehensive reviews of federal wind projects and wind leasing, and at Interior, we are doing our part to make sure these instructions are followed,” he wrote."
Benjamin Storrow reports for E&E News April 16, 2025.
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"Trump Administration Issues Order To Stop Construction On New York Offshore Wind Project" (AP)
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