In a Wednesday court filing the administration indicated it plans to vacate and reconsider the approval of the New England Wind 1 and 2 projects.
The filing does not give a reason why it is doing so, but it comes after the administration similarly targeted projects off the coasts of Rhode Island and Maryland.
The New England Wind projects would have been located about 20 nautical miles south of Martha’s Vineyard, Mass. Together, they were expected to provide enough power for more than 900,000 homes each year.
The New York Times reported Wednesday that White House chief of staff Susie Wiles and deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller are leading an effort under which federal agencies were directed to create plans to block offshore wind projects.
Asked about this, White House spokesperson Anna Kelly pointed The Hill to an executive order that directs agencies to review leasing and approval processes for offshore wind projects.
“Agencies are implementing that Executive Order by evaluating whether they have any policies in place that would advantage wind developers over more effective and reliable types of energy, such as coal, natural gas, and nuclear,” Kelly said.
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ConocoPhillips says it will lay off up to 25% of its workforce, impacting thousands of jobs
NEW YORK (AP) — Oil giant ConocoPhillips is planning to lay off up to a quarter of its workforce, amounting to thousands of jobs, as part of broader efforts from the company to cut costs.
A quick-moving wildfire burned homes in a California Gold Rush town settled around 1850 by Chinese miners who were driven out of a nearby camp and the blaze grew without containment on Wednesday.
California’s biggest irrigation district is throwing its support behind a controversial water diversion project that aims to help relieve the Golden State’s historic battle with drought but also faces widespread local opposition.
House GOP leaders are urging their members to steer clear of the discharge petition aiming to force the Trump administration to release all the government files on Jeffrey Epstein. Read more
A federal judge invalidated the Trump administration’s freeze of $2.2 billion worth of federal grants to Harvard University, handing the school a major legal victory Wednesday. Read more
