Trump Administration Will Pay More Energy Firms to Cancel Wind Farms [View all]

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.