On offshore wind, Interior should reach out to tribes, fishing industry more: GAO

Offshore Wind Developers Risk Trouble With Trump

By Collister Johnson, CFACT | April 14, 2025 President Trump is clear about offshore wind. On day one of his second term, he signed an executive order titled “Temporary Withdrawal of All Areas on the Outer Continental Shelf from Offshore Wind Leasing and Review of the Federal Government’s Leasing and Permitting Practices for Wind Projects.” The order mandated three outcomes: First, it withdrew all the waters within the Outer Continental Shelf fr…

Offshore Wind: GAO Report Reveals the Fallout of Biden’s Green Industrial Gamble

This was not just a mismanaged rollout. It was an ideologically driven industrial policy masquerading as science-based planning. That story is now written in steel towers in the sea—and in a GAO report that may finally force Washington to reckon with reality.

On offshore wind, Interior should reach out to tribes, fishing industry more: GAO

The Interior Department has “gaps in its approach to tribal consultation,” the Government Accountability Office said. The department pointed to Trump’s recent executive orders on offshore wind.

GAO Calls for Better Offshore Wind Project Oversight

The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has made recommendations aimed at improving the Department of Interior’s oversight of offshore wind projects.The Department of the Interior and other federal agencies are supposed to work with Tribes…

US watchdog highlights flaws with offshore wind permitting regime amid Trump peril

Report by Government Accountability Office found shortcomings in stakeholder engagement related to fisheries and Tribes under Joe Biden