The United States government under President Trump has invoked classified national defense assessments to put the brakes on projects that have already cleared years of permitting, environmental review and in-industry investment.

Big development shaking the foundation of America's energy landscape; and one that I think is going to have repercussions from state capitals to Wall Street; from Union Halls to Silicon Valley. The Trump administration today announced an immediate pause on all large-scale offshore wind projects under construction in the US, effective immediately. It's not a little bureaucratic shuffle. This is a sweeping, unprecedented halt that impacts five massive wind farm leases already underway along the East Coast, including Vineyard Wind, Revolution Wind, Coastal Virginia Offshore, Sunrise Wind, and Empire Wind. I think Empire is the one that's closest to New York.

The action comes not in some distant committee, but at a moment when national security and the language of national security is front and center in every discussion about our future. The Department of the Interior, led by Secretary Doug Burgum, explicitly cited national security risks identified in classified reports by the Department of War as the reason for the pause.

According to the Department of Interiors press release, the administration believes large scale wind turbines; their massive, rotating blades and reflective towers; can create radar clutter that obscures legitimate moving targets and generates false returns on US defense radar systems.

We've been using more fossil fuels each year for the last one hundred years than we did the year before; and it didn't matter who was president nor how green their policy was. We still use more, and we have more. We have enough under our continental shelf to supply our needs for the next two thousand years and never run out.

Renewable energy groups and clean power advocates are crying foul, calling the National Security Rationale weak and inconsistent and pretextual. Of course they do! Because those guys are interested in controlling your life, not in actually making energy more accessible or doable.

Opposition isn't limited to environmental advocates. Local unions and port workers who are benefiting from the construction activity are also facing uncertainty about their livelihoods. Guys, you'll learn other skills. There are other things to build. If you're a quality craftsman, pausing these five windmills is not gonna make a big difference.

The chief...The Commander in Chief, his primary responsibility is to keep you and me safe. So, this is what they've done, and I'm glad that they've done it.

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The United States government under President Trump has invoked classified national defense assessments to put the brakes on projects that have already cleared years of permitting, environmental review and in-industry investment.
Big development shaking the foundation of America's energy landscape; and one that I think is going to have repercussions from state capitals to Wall Street; from Union Halls to Silicon Valley. The Trump administration today announced an immediate pause on all large-scale offshore wind projects under construction in the US, effective immediately. It's not a little bureaucratic shuffle. This is a sweeping, unprecedented halt that impacts five massive wind farm leases already underway along the East Coast, including Vineyard Wind, Revolution Wind, Coastal Virginia Offshore, Sunrise Wind, and Empire Wind. I think Empire is the one that's closest to New York.
The action comes not in some distant committee, but at a moment when national security and the language of national security is front and center in every discussion about our future. The Department of the Interior, led by Secretary Doug Burgum, explicitly cited national security risks identified in classified reports by the Department of War as the reason for the pause.
According to the Department of Interiors press release, the administration believes large scale wind turbines; their massive, rotating blades and reflective towers; can create radar clutter that obscures legitimate moving targets and generates false returns on US defense radar systems.
We've been using more fossil fuels each year for the last one hundred years than we did the year before; and it didn't matter who was president nor how green their policy was. We still use more, and we have more. We have enough under our continental shelf to supply our needs for the next two thousand years and never run out.
Renewable energy groups and clean power advocates are crying foul, calling the National Security Rationale weak and inconsistent and pretextual. Of course they do! Because those guys are interested in controlling your life, not in actually making energy more accessible or doable.
Opposition isn't limited to environmental advocates. Local unions and port workers who are benefiting from the construction activity are also facing uncertainty about their livelihoods. Guys, you'll learn other skills. There are other things to build. If you're a quality craftsman, pausing these five windmills is not gonna make a big difference.
The chief...The Commander in Chief, his primary responsibility is to keep you and me safe. So, this is what they've done, and I'm glad that they've done it.
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