'This is how you blow up a permitting deal': Sen. Whitehouse slams Trump over offshore wind - POLITICO

The Justice Department on Tuesday night asked a federal court to reopen a fourth permit for an offshore wind project…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/21/sen-whitehouse-says-wind-attacks-threaten-permitting-deal-01129055

 

Rural areas reap economic benefits from wind and solar projects, new Midwest study finds

Across the central U.S., more communities are passing ordinances to regulate renewable infrastructure development. A University of Missouri study examines the economic impact of renewable energy in rural areas…

 https://www.kcur.org/environment-agriculture/2026-10-05/wind-solar-energy-rural-economy-midwest

New York and California sue to block Trump's plans to cancel offshore wind projects | PBS News

"Americans are facing increasing energy costs because this administration would rather pay off energy companies than let us build the new power sources we need," James said in a statement. "These illegal backroom deals take money that should have gone toward lowering New Yorkers' bills and hand it to fossil fuel projects in other states."…

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/new-york-and-california-sue-to-block-trumps-plans-to-cancel-offshore-wind-projects

 

Taxpayer Dollars Going Into Trump Deals

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JuJyjLVs-7I

 

Against the wind: despite Trump’s attacks, unions are fighting for good US clean energy jobs

The clean jobs bonanza the IRA helped set in motion met major roadblocks when Donald Trump was re-elected in 2024. Since returning to office, the president has moved to dismantle much of Biden’s climate agenda, including by targeting the federal incentives that helped drive clean-energy investment...

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/23/wind-energy-unions-trump+

 

Trump’s Mindless Rollback of Offshore Wind Has Screwed Over Thousands of Workers – Mother Jones

The millwrights “did a good job, and they’re bummed out that they’re middle-class workers being used as pawns.”…

 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/08/trump-rollback-cancellation-offshore-wind-projects-workers-job-losses-unions/

 

Trump Keeps Spending US Tax Dollars to Kill Offshore Wind and Boost Oil and Gas – Mother Jones

The administration’s $1.2 billion deal with a German firm to cancel leases is its fifth to date...

 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/08/trump-rwe-offshore-wind-leases-cancellation-payment-tax-dollars-oil-gas-fossil-fuel/

Remembering when it wasn’t windy enough to power our televisions #trump

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EbJEWwwz288

 

‘Why take those jobs away?’: the unionized workers decrying Trump’s war on wind

Workers proud of their efforts to grow renewable energy say US president pursuing ‘personal vendetta’ at their expense…

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/06/workers-unions-trump-wind-energy

 

World’s first wind-powered underwater datacentre starts operating

Datacentre off Shanghai coast uses less power and water than land-based equivalent…

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/09/worlds-first-wind-powered-underwater-datacentre-starts-operating-in-china

 

Six States Are Suing the Trump Administration Over Its Deal to Kill an Offshore Wind Project – Mother Jones

The $1 billion TotalEnergies payout was unlawful, attorneys general say...

 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/06/states-sue-trump-administration-kill-totalenergies-offshore-wind-project-payout-billion/

 

How Denmark’s wind and solar investments shield it from global energy turmoil

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRTakSsqgiA

Energy projects are ready to go, they're just lacking your signature.

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xqpOVs4k8QQ

 

Federal judge blocks Trump administration restrictions on wind and solar projects

A federal judge in Massachusetts on Tuesday struck down several Trump administration actions slowing down development of clean energy, including a requirement that all solar and wind energy projects on federal lands and waters be personally approved by the interior secretary, Doug Burgum...

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/22/trump-wind-solar-clean-energy-order

This stat blew my mind — wind power

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/j6Kf611M8uo

 

US to pay almost $1bn to French energy company to kill wind project plan

"This is political theater meant to obscure the fact that offshore wind capacity is being pulled out of the pipeline when energy prices are skyrocketing, even as other offshore wind projects continue delivering reliable and affordable power to the grid," Sam Salustro, a senior vice-president of pro-offshore wind group Oceantic Network, said in a statement. "Paying to remove affordable, homegrown energy out of the equation leaves American consumers struggling to pay their electricity bills."… 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/23/trump-administration-wind-project-plan

 

Trump insists there are no wind farms in China. Here are 20 of them

Trump insists there are no wind farms in China. Here are 20 of them

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/gallery/2026/mar/05/pictures-china-wind-farms-trump

 

The Culture Wars Are Coming for Your Electricity – Mother Jones

Utah Republicans celebrated last week when PacifiCorp, one of the largest utilities in the West, announced it would stop serving customers in Washington state. PacifiCorp mainly operates in Utah, but also in Wyoming and Idaho—and, to the chagrin of some Utah legislators, blue states like California and Oregon. Utah legislators had previously pressured to break their utility's ties with states with more aggressive climate policies. … 

"We want a divorce from the three states that don't look like Utah," said Mike Schultz, Utah's Republican House Speaker. "This is the first step forward."

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/03/energy-fossil-fuel-wind-solar-renewables-political-identity-woke-electricty-bills/

Trump derides Newsom and calls his UK deal 'inappropriate' - POLITICO

Trump's remarks came shortly after Newsom signed a memorandum of understanding in London with U.K. Energy Secretary Ed Miliband pledging cooperation on clean energy technologies, including offshore wind. The agreement also aims to expand access for British firms, including Octopus Energy, to California's market and to boost collaboration between research institutions on both sides of the Atlantic...

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/16/trump-calls-gavin-newsoms-clean-energy-deal-with-the-u-k-inappropriate-00782974 

 

Ohio Lawmakers Consider Bill That Would Essentially Ban Solar and Wind Projects – Mother Jones

SB 294 ​"will destroy competition by declaring renewable energy unreliable, and it's picking winners and losers."…

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/02/ohio-lsb294-bill-ban-solar-wind-alec-projects/