Trump administration claims offshore wind poses a threat. But it won’t say how.

CEO speaks out amid face off with US government over $6 billion project: 'We take nothing for granted'

A major offshore wind developer will push forward with completing a massive wind installation near Rhode Island after a federal judge overturned President Trump's effort to halt construction.  Ørsted, a Danish energy company, announced it intends to quickly finish Revolution Wind following the court's ruling in early January, per The New York Times. The $6.2 billion wind farm will power 350,000 homes across Rhode Island and Connecticut once oper…

Offshore wind lawsuit confusion abounds

The basic point is that we now have standard Judicial review of a major Administrative order. There is no winner or loser at this point. It is the American balance of powers.

Scoop: Trump Administration Refuses to Allow Safety Fixes at Vineyard Wind

In the Atlantic ocean south of Massachusetts, 10 wind turbine towers, each 500 feet tall, stand stripped of their rotary blades. Stuck in this bald state due to the Trump administration’s halt on offshore wind construction, the towers are susceptible to lightning strikes and water damage. This makes them a potential threat to public safety, according to previously unreported court filings from the project developer, Vineyard Wind. The company fi…

Trump administration claims offshore wind poses a threat. But it won’t say how.

Late last month, the Trump administration halted construction on billions of dollars worth of offshore wind projects after the Defense Department allegedly raised new national security concerns about the facilities. But no one outside the federal government seems to know what sort of threats the administration has found. So far, the government has been unwilling to release that information even to the companies building the projects.The Interior…

Letters to the Editor: Kudos to the courts preserving offshore wind projects against Trump’s attacks

'With power demands rising, we need new energy sources that will meet those needs while also protecting the environment, our citizens' health and our planet's climate,' writes an L.A. Times reader.