Stop-work orders and axing clean-energy tax credits

The Trump administration issued stop-work orders on multiple offshore wind projects and paid TotalEnergies US $ 1bn to mothball two projects off the East Coast

Wind leasing ban On his first day back in office, Trump signed an order withdrawing all federal offshore areas from wind leases

Turbines“ kill whales” On the campaign trail, Trump claimed that offshore wind farms make whales“ go a little bit loco” and promised to sign an executive order to stop the development of offshore projects energydigital. com 115