Offshore wind projects can bring hundreds of new jobs to their host states, as illustrated by the Sunrise Wind project in New York (cropped, courtesy of Sunrise Wind).
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When the French energy firm TotalEnergies took a buyout of almost $1 billion from the Trump administration in return for walking away from from two federal offshore wind leases, it walked straight into a world of trouble. Now seven East Coast states are suing the Trump administration in federal court over the deal, with New York in the lead joined by Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Vermont.
A World Of Trouble Over Two Offshore Wind Leases
For reasons best known only to himself, US President Donald Trump has gone after the domestic wind industry with a buzzsaw. The offshore sector is particularly vulnerable because it depends almost entirely on lease areas auctioned and administered by the US Department of the Interior.
