Trump administration halts ‘special treatment’ for wind energy government projects

The Trump administration announced on Tuesday that it was halting any government-initiated wind energy projects as part of its reshaping of the country’s approach to renewable energy.

Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum touted “four policy measures to advance President Donald J. Trump’s commonsense approach to affordable, reliable energy development in America,” including the pivot away from wind energy. The four measures were stopping preferential treatment for wind projects, restoring Congress’s mandate to consider all uses of our public lands and waters equally, enhancing stakeholder engagement for offshore wind development, and reviewing the consequences of developing wind turbines on migratory birds.