The New York Times learned that Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, and Stephen Miller, a senior White House adviser, have told numerous non-energy agencies to step up and tackle offshore wind projects.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order in January to halt new or renewed offshore wind leases.
Why would President Donald Trump’s White House include non-energy agencies?
The Health and Human Services Department (HHS) has been studying whether wind turbines emit “electromagnetic fields that could harm human health.”
The Defense Department wants to know if the turbines “pose risks to national security.”
Seems reasonable to me:
Last week Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health and human services secretary, said he was working with Doug Burgum, the interior secretary, Howard Lutnick, the commerce secretary, Chris Wright, the energy secretary, and Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, as part of a “departmental coalition team” to investigate the risks from offshore wind farms.“We’re all working together on this issue,” Mr. Kennedy said during a cabinet meeting.Brigit Hirsch, a spokeswoman for Lee Zeldin, the Environmental Protection Agency administrator, said on Tuesday that he, too, is involved in discussions about offshore wind at “a high level.”And Sean Duffy, the transportation secretary, last week canceled or withdrew $679 million in federal funding for marine terminals, port improvements and other facilities that were designed to support the offshore wind industry. Mr. Duffy called them “wasteful wind projects.”
Let’s not forget the numerous problems these projects have caused.
The New England fishing industry has launched a massive fight against the projects, claiming the turbines affect their jobs.
Fishermen held a large protest at the Vineyard wind site near Nantucket, MA, after a blade fell into the water, leaving the beaches filled with sharp fiberglass shards.
“The blade collapse was an eye-opener to a lot of people who before didn’t know that offshore wind is a disaster for the ocean,” said Captain Shawn Machie.
Machie added: “We feel like our jobs are just accepted as collateral damage. We are regulated for sustainability. And that makes sense. We need regulation. But offshore wind is allowed to kill fish and wreck nurseries without any manageable stopping point.”
Not to mention that a blade could fall on a ship!
Fisherwoman Sue Zarba pointed out that the companies placed the turbines in a tuna fishing ground: “You can’t fish around the turbines, you can’t trawl.”
The blade failure also infuriated Nantucket residents. They want to shut down all these wind projects.
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