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CousinIT

(12,688 posts) Mon Apr 27, 2026, 09:41 PM Monday

Trump Administration Will Pay More Energy Firms to Cancel Wind Farms

The Trump admin is doing it again wasting taxpayer dollars to make it happen. The Interior Dept announced it will pay energy companies hundreds of millions of dollars to abandon plans for two offshore wind farms a repeat of the same tactic used to cancel other offshore wind leases just last month.
— Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) 2026-04-27T21:58:29.376Z

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/climate/trump-administration-wind-farms.html

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The Trump admin is doing it again wasting taxpayer dollars to make it happen. The Interior Dept announced it will pay energy companies hundreds of millions of dollars to abandon plans for two offshore wind farms a repeat of the same tactic used to cancel other offshore wind leases just last month.

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Trump Administration Will Pay More Energy Firms to Cancel Wind Farms (Original Post) CousinIT Monday OP

As the rest of the world leaves America behind. My friend in Sydney, Australia wrote her electric bills are now $0 due sinkingfeeling Monday #1

When -- not if --- the country and world's reliance on fossil fuels is broken will be the moment we in2herbs Monday #2

Remember "free market capitalism"? "The unseen hand"? They don't have pretend anymore. FadedMullet Monday #3

sinkingfeeling

(57,945 posts)

1. As the rest of the world leaves America behind. My friend in Sydney, Australia wrote her electric bills are now $0 due

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Mon Apr 27, 2026, 10:34 PM

Monday

to an abundance of solar/wind power being generated,

in2herbs

(4,492 posts)

2. When -- not if --- the country and world's reliance on fossil fuels is broken will be the moment we

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Mon Apr 27, 2026, 11:33 PM

Monday

have broken the grip of the mafia/oldigarchs and the country/world can progress.

FadedMullet

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3. Remember "free market capitalism"? "The unseen hand"? They don't have pretend anymore.

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Mon Apr 27, 2026, 11:40 PM

Monday

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