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DAVID BLACKMON: Burgum Says What’s Good For Offshore Oil Is Good For Offshore Wind

Interior Secretary Doug Burgham ordered Epiner to halt all work late Wednesday in New York off the Empire Wind Project. Equiner complied with the order early on Thursday morning. Report on Reuters. Burgham cited concerns raised by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick National Marine Fisheries Services (NMFS) is housed at the Department of Commerce, but failed […]

Fishermen Praise Pause On Biden-Era Offshore Wind Boondoggle

The Fishermen’s Association supports the Trump administration’s decision to halt large offshore wind projects to be built off the coast of New York, as Washington Free Beacon first reported Wednesday. The Trump administration has also launched a comprehensive review of current offshore wind permits. Secretary of the Interior, Doug Burgham, has directed the Office of […]

Trump EPA Pulls Massive Offshore Wind Boondoggle Permit

A federal judge for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) revoked permission for New Jersey's first offshore wind energy farm, potentially hampering or terminating the project's ambitions completely. Environmental Appeal Judge Mary Kay Lynch It was remanded Under the Clean Air Act, the company will return to the US EPA issued to Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind […]

Trump freezes new outer continental shelf offshore wind leases

President Trump on Monday night directed the Treasury Department to freeze new offshore wind leasing on the outer edge of the continental shelf, one of a series of executive orders he signed within hours of taking office. The order cancels the entire shelf of new or renewed offshore wind leases, but does not affect existing […]

GOP states, oil lobbying group sue White House over offshore drilling restrictions

A major lobby group representing the fossil fuel industry joined five Republican attorneys general Friday in a lawsuit challenging restrictions on offshore drilling announced in the waning days of the Biden administration. The American Petroleum Institute (API) has joined Mississippi, Alaska, Louisiana, Alabama and Georgia in filing a lawsuit over regulations that prohibit new drilling […]