The US president makes no bones about his disdain for wind power, which over the years he's falsely blamed for cancer and whale deaths in the Atlantic Ocean.
But his anti-wind sentiment has assumed new proportions since he took office. During that time, he has thrown up roadblocks to stop wind expansion at every turn: from pulling permits, issuing stop-work orders and paying energy companies to halt offshore projects in favor of oil and gas drilling.
Nonetheless, Trump will likely oversee the biggest expansion in wind in the nation's history. By 2027, the country is expected to have nearly 35 times the offshore wind capacity it had when he took office.
"It's a tale of two cities," Jeremy Firestone, a professor emeritus at the University of Delaware's School of Marine Science and Policy, told DW.
How Iran war energy crisis strengthens case for renewablesTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 videoAt a time when fuel prices are high, electricity demand is rising thanks in part to power-hungry AI data centers, and planetary heating is worsening, clean energy advocates say removing wind from that story will have consequences for consumers.
