On his first day in office, President Donald Trump launched a campaign against wind energy with an executive order to stop leasing and permits for offshore wind farms. A year later, Trump appears to be losing his war on wind on several fronts. While a bill passed in the House, Senate debate broke down after the administration’s Dec. 22 stop-work orders for all five offshore wind projects under construction on the East Coast. “President Trump has been extremely transparent: wind energy is the scam of the century,” said White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers. Companies have argued for decades that onerous restrictions make it too difficult to build infrastructure such as big energy projects, power lines and highways.
