U.S. President Donald Trump suspended new federal offshore wind leasing on his first day back in the Oval Office on Jan. 20, pending an environmental and economic review. On the same day, Danish energy company Orsted, the world's biggest offshore wind firm, posted another impairment charge on delays to a U.S. offshore project. Those are just the latest blows for the offshore wind industry that former President Joe Biden and several states considered key to meeting federal and state clean energy targets.

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US offshore wind farms in service, in construction and under development

U.S. President Donald Trump’s apparent shift away from green energy — particularly offshore wind — has some people in Newfoundland and Labrador worried about the implications for their future. The Port of Argentia acts as an infrastructure transition point for wind energy projects in the United States. The CBC’s Carolyn Stokes has that story.

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Halting offshore wind projects in the U.S. could be detrimental to Port of Argentia

U.S. President Donald Trump suspended new federal offshore wind leasing on his first day back in the Oval Office on Jan. 20, pending an environmental and economic review.

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Trump halts wind energy projects, says windmills 'kill the birds'

A Trump executive order temporarily pauses leases and permits for offshore and onshore wind projects. Wind advocates say an offshore wind freeze could threaten states' climate goals and jobs.

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Here's how Trump's pause on wind projects could threaten jobs and climate goals

Trump Puts Pause On Wind Farms, Wants Oil/Gas Drilling Off NJ Instead - Middletown, NJ - But President Trump will not be able to dismantle Biden's offshore oil drilling ban with a simple swipe of his pen, said one NJ Congressman.

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Approvals for new wind energy projects in federal lands and waters are temporarily halted in the U.S.. That’s after President Donald Trump signed an executive order calling for the pause.The order may also threaten existing wind projects, both onshore and offshore. It calls for federal government agencies to not issue new permits, approvals and loans for wind projects pending a comprehensive multi-agency review.The order uses misleading language…

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Factbox-US Offshore Wind Farms in Service, in Construction and Under Development

Donald Trump has long ranted against wind energy -- claiming turbines are unsightly, dangerous to wildlife and too expensive -- with him threatening to upend decades of industry progress just a few hours after resuming power.

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Trump casts chill over US wind energy sector

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The president’s order has no immediate effect on offshore wind leases already authorized, including two large areas off California’s coast. But it sends a current of uncertainty through the fledgling renewable energy industry, which relies on federal and state support.
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Trump’s order won’t halt California’s offshore wind leases. But will it derail the industry?

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USA - Donald Trump has long ranted against wind energy - claiming turbines are unsightly, dangerous to wildlife and too expensive - with him threatening to upend decades of industry progress just a few hours after resuming power."We're not going to do the wind thing," Trump said Monday as he returned to the Oval Office for the first time in four years as comm…

Trump temporarily halts leasing and permitting for wind energy projects

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