In the weeks leading up to his inauguration, President Donald Trump made a pledge: “no new windmills.” He’s made major headway on that this year.
Since January, the administration has issued a flurry of orders and actions disrupting wind development on the country’s federal lands and waters, which has had ripple effects across the industry. The latest in this series of moves comes from Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, who ordered a sprawling review of all wind projects across the U.S., including some that were already approved.
Burgum is also leading a charge in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to investigate bald eagle deaths that may be related to wind farms, invoking a law that the Trump administration has simultaneously sought to undermine due to the restrictions it puts on oil and gas producers. Though some politicians from both sides of the aisle are pushing back, this all-around assault on wind is…
