For those unaware, Trump has been on a personal vendetta against any and all windmills since some were built (despite his legal challenge) in Scotland within view of his golf course.
He literally asked fossil fuel interests for a billion dollars and said they'd make more than that back because of his changes.
I don't know why we all have to pretend that this is some personal Quixotic quest of his rather than open corruption:
> But Mr. Trump told executives they were not fighting hard enough. He also went on a rant about windmills, the attendees said. Mr. Trump has falsely claimed that wind turbines cause cancer and that offshore wind farms are “driving whales crazy.”
> Mr. Trump did not request money in exchange for killing Mr. Biden’s climate regulations, the two people in the room maintained. Rather, the former president told executives that he was determined to squash what he considered anti-business policies, and that the oil industry should therefore want him to win and should raise $1 billion to ensure his success.
> He told the executives that the amount of money they would save in taxes and legal expenses after he repealed regulations would more than cover a billion dollar contribution, the people said.
Isn't the problem of "currently calm and cloudy everywhere" far more likely for tiny state? Plus, being tiny makes it far easier for the lines on the map to randomly exclude fossil fuel power plants - even though you're conveniently connected to a large electrical grid, which still has plenty of those.
This is an offshore farm. The wind on those of way more consistent and much faster than inland. You get some seasonal variations, but no quiet days really.
Wherein the assertion was made (by exclusion) that wind and solar are not energy sources. It seems the real intention really was to cull renewables after all, though I doubt anyone is surprised.
> did not specify what those security concerns are.
Of course not. Just scream "national security!!" and you're allowed to do anything in this country. Trump did this with the tariffs as well.
I don't understand why the U.S. wouldn't want to be a leader in renewable energy and instead let China fill that role. Is it just stupidity + aversion to change?
I think it's stupidity and malice, the latter being dominant. When you consider that he receives gobs of money from the fossil fuel industry, it's pretty easy to expect the current situation.
Market riggers using the GOP to make ridiculously stupid bets and then cashing in for outsized gains when they bend the world toward stupidity with expensive disinformation campaigns that make them actually come true. The darkest form of capitalism.
Renewable energy is "woke shit" to the right. Liberals like it so the right hates it and is willing to hurt themselves as long as they can hurt the left more. There's not much else to it.
Two guesses: (1) Rhode Island is democratic controlled or (2) Trump will personally benefit significantly by keeping America's oil production high.
FWIW, we now have quite a few off-short windfarms in the UK. Apart from the curiosity (can you count all those little specks on the horizon), they're so far from land that they make basically no noticeable difference to anyone, other than a sizeable input to the regional electricity supply. It's about the least intrusive form of energy production you can get, maybe one of the safest, among the easiest to decommission, and doesn't waste valuable real estate on land. We need more of them, not less.
I know it’s the title of the article, but I think it’d have more impact if it were written as: “Trump endangers hundreds of US manufacturing jobs, shuts down wind farm construction”.
Rhode Island sounds to me like the perfect candidate for 100% clean energy due to its size. It was a noble effort anyway.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/24/trump-clean-...
Don't expect any of this to make sense.
He literally asked fossil fuel interests for a billion dollars and said they'd make more than that back because of his changes.
I don't know why we all have to pretend that this is some personal Quixotic quest of his rather than open corruption:
> But Mr. Trump told executives they were not fighting hard enough. He also went on a rant about windmills, the attendees said. Mr. Trump has falsely claimed that wind turbines cause cancer and that offshore wind farms are “driving whales crazy.”
> Mr. Trump did not request money in exchange for killing Mr. Biden’s climate regulations, the two people in the room maintained. Rather, the former president told executives that he was determined to squash what he considered anti-business policies, and that the oil industry should therefore want him to win and should raise $1 billion to ensure his success.
> He told the executives that the amount of money they would save in taxes and legal expenses after he repealed regulations would more than cover a billion dollar contribution, the people said.
From the New York Times
Isn't the problem of "currently calm and cloudy everywhere" far more likely for tiny state? Plus, being tiny makes it far easier for the lines on the map to randomly exclude fossil fuel power plants - even though you're conveniently connected to a large electrical grid, which still has plenty of those.
This is from a very different area, but you can see there's close to no 0 level downtime. https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S29503604240000...
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43125891
Of course not. Just scream "national security!!" and you're allowed to do anything in this country. Trump did this with the tariffs as well.
I don't understand why the U.S. wouldn't want to be a leader in renewable energy and instead let China fill that role. Is it just stupidity + aversion to change?
FWIW, we now have quite a few off-short windfarms in the UK. Apart from the curiosity (can you count all those little specks on the horizon), they're so far from land that they make basically no noticeable difference to anyone, other than a sizeable input to the regional electricity supply. It's about the least intrusive form of energy production you can get, maybe one of the safest, among the easiest to decommission, and doesn't waste valuable real estate on land. We need more of them, not less.
Second part, only if it fits.