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White House Escalates Offshore Wind Rollback With New Permit Remands and $679 Million in Cuts

Citing national security, a White House‑led review has put major East and West Coast projects in limbo.

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A worker walks past wind turbine blades at the State Pier in New London on Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, ahead of a press conference held in response to the Trump administration’s order to halt construction on the Revolution Wind project. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)
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President Trump’s Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy rescinded $427 million in federal funding from an offshore wind terminal in Northern California, calling it “wasteful.” California officials blasted the move.

Overview

  • Justice Department filings say Interior will seek voluntary remands to reconsider Biden‑era approvals for SouthCoast Wind and, in a new filing, the New England Wind 1 and 2 projects.
  • The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued a stop‑work order on Revolution Wind, a roughly 80% complete Rhode Island‑Connecticut project, as Ørsted weighs legal action and ISO‑New England warns of reliability risks.
  • The Transportation Department revoked $679 million for offshore‑wind infrastructure, including $426.7 million for Humboldt Bay’s heavy‑lift terminal, with additional cuts across 11 states.
  • Reporting indicates senior White House aides are directing an interagency push to scrutinize and reverse offshore wind projects, with cabinet officials publicly invoking radar and undersea drone concerns.
  • Governors, unions and developers are mobilizing legal and political responses, with a court deadline of Sept. 18 noted for Interior’s planned remand in the SouthCoast Wind case.