{"id":124272,"date":"2024-11-10T15:50:48","date_gmt":"2024-11-10T08:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=124272"},"modified":"2024-11-10T15:50:48","modified_gmt":"2024-11-10T08:50:48","slug":"trump-has-vowed-to-kill-us-offshore-wind-projects-will-he-succeed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=124272","title":{"rendered":"Trump has vowed to kill US offshore wind projects. Will he succeed?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"yf-1pe5jgt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) \u2014 Opponents of offshore wind energy projects expect President-elect Donald Trump to kill an industry he has vowed to end on the first day he returns to the White House.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1pe5jgt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->But it might not be that easy.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1pe5jgt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Many of the largest offshore wind companies put a brave face on the election results, pledging to work with Trump and Congress to build power projects and ignoring the incoming president&#8217;s oft-stated hostility to them.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1pe5jgt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->In campaign appearances, Trump railed against offshore wind and promised to sign an executive order to block such projects.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1pe5jgt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->\u201cWe are going to make sure that that ends on Day 1,\u201d Trump said in a May speech. \u201cI\u2019m going to write it out in an executive order. It\u2019s going to end on Day 1.&#8221;<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1pe5jgt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->\u201cThey destroy everything, they\u2019re horrible, the most expensive energy there is,\u201d Trump said. \u201cThey ruin the environment, they kill the birds, they kill the whales.\u201d<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1pe5jgt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Numerous federal and state scientific agencies say there is <a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/3s574cn9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:no evidence;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">no evidence<\/a> linking offshore wind preparation to a spate of whale deaths along the U.S. East Coast in recent years. Turbines have been known to kill shorebirds, but the industry and regulators say there are policies to mitigate harm to the environment.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1pe5jgt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Trump has railed against offshore wind turbines spoiling the view from a golf course he owns in Scotland. But numerous environmental groups say the real reason he opposes offshore wind is his support for the fossil fuel industry.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1pe5jgt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->There is almost 65 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity under development in the U.S., enough to power more than 26 million homes, and some turbines are already spinning in several states, according to the American Clean Power Association.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1pe5jgt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Currently operating projects include the Block Island Wind Farm in Rhode Island, the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind pilot project and the South Fork Wind Farm about 35 miles (56 kilometers) east of Montauk Point on New York\u2019s Long Island.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1pe5jgt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Trump is unlikely to end those projects but might have more leverage over ones still in the planning stage, those in the debate say.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1pe5jgt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Bob Stern, who headed an office in the U.S. Energy Department responsible for environmental protection during the Ford, Carter and Reagan administrations, said Trump can get Congress to reduce or eliminate tax credits for offshore wind that were granted in the Biden administration&#8217;s Inflation Reduction Act. Those credits are an integral part of the finances of many offshore wind projects.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1pe5jgt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Stern, who leads the New Jersey anti-offshore wind group Save LBI, said Trump also could issue executive orders prohibiting further offshore leases and rescinding approval for ones already approved while pushing Congress to amend federal laws granting more protection for marine mammals.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p><button class=\"secondary-btn fin-size-large readmore-button rounded   yf-15mk0m\" data-ylk=\"elm:readmore;itc:1;sec:content-canvas;slk:Story%20Continues\" aria-label=\"Story Continues\" title=\"Story Continues\"> <span>Story Continues<\/span> <\/button> <\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-wrapper\" style=\"display: none\">\n<p class=\"yf-1pe5jgt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->The president-elect also can appoint leaders of agencies involved in offshore wind regulation who would be hostile to it or less supportive.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1pe5jgt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Opponents of offshore wind, many of them Republicans, were giddy following the election, saying they fully expect Trump to put an end to the industry.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1pe5jgt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->\u201cI believe this is a tipping point for the offshore wind industry in America,\u201d said Robin Shaffer, president of Protect Our Coast NJ, one of the most vocal groups opposing offshore wind on the East Coast. &#8220;They have been given a glidepath by Democrat-run administrations at the federal and state level for many years. For this industry, (Tuesday&#8217;s) results will bring headwinds far greater than they have faced previously.&#8221;<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1pe5jgt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->But Tina Zappile, director of the Hughes Center for Public Policy at New Jersey&#8217;s Stockton University, noted that in 2018, Trump Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke <a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/5fdxaut5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:voiced strong support for offshore wind;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">voiced strong support for offshore wind<\/a>. And even though the president-elect has bashed the technology, she predicted he won&#8217;t just make it go away.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1pe5jgt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->\u201cOffshore wind might appear to be on the chopping block \u2014 Trump\u2019s explicitly said this was something he\u2019d fix on the first day \u2014 but when the economics of offshore wind are in alignment with his overall strategies of returning manufacturing to America and becoming energy-independent, his administration is likely to back away slowly from this claim,\u201d she said in an interview. \u201cOffshore wind may be temporarily hampered, but its long-term prospects in the U.S. are unlikely to be hurt.\u201d<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1pe5jgt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Commercial fishermen in Maine said they hope the Trump administration will undo policies designed to help build and approve offshore wind projects, saying regulators attempted to \u201cfuture-proof\u201d the industry against political change. Jerry Leeman, CEO of the New England Fishermen\u2019s Stewardship Association, called on Trump to reverse a commitment to deploy 30 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2030.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1pe5jgt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->The offshore wind industry is taking an optimistic stance, pledging to work with Trump his political allies. National and New Jersey wind industry groups, and several offshore wind developers including Atlantic Shores and Denmark-based Orsted, issued similarly worded statements highlighting terms likely to appeal to Republicans including job creation, economic development and national security.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1pe5jgt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->\u201cBy combining the strengths of all domestic energy resources, the Trump administration can advance an economy that is dynamic, secure, and clean,\u201d Jason Grumet, CEO of the American Clean Power Association, said in a statement. &#8220;We are committed to working with the Trump-Vance administration and the new Congress to continue this great American success story.\u201d<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1pe5jgt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->But few Republicans were in a welcoming mood following the election. New Jersey Assemblyman Paul Kanitra listed the major offshore wind companies in a Facebook post, saying, \u201cIt\u2019s time to pack your bags and get the hell away from the Jersey Shore, our marine life, fishing industry and beautiful beaches.\u201d<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1pe5jgt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Kanitra said he was looking forward \u201cto your stock prices tanking.\u201d And that was starting to happen.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1pe5jgt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->The stock prices of European offshore wind companies, many of which are planning or building projects on the U.S. East Coast, plunged amid fears the new administration would seek to slow or end such projects. Orsted closed down nearly 14% on Wednesday and was down 11% over the past five days. Turbine manufacturer Vestas Wind Systems was down nearly 24% over that same period.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1pe5jgt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Rep. 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