"Wind energy is one of the fastest growing and cheapest forms of electricity in the United States. The president-elect calls it “garbage.”"
"President-elect Donald J. Trump said on Tuesday that “no new windmills” would be built in the United States when he takes office, a direct rebuke of the Biden administration, which has approved 11 commercial-scale offshore wind projects.
In a meandering news conference, Mr. Trump angrily attacked President Biden’s decision this week to ban oil drilling off most of the U.S. coast and criticized federal spending on clean energy as throwing money “right out the window.”
But he saved some of his sharpest words for wind turbines, huffing new life into false claims he has made over the years about wind, an energy source he has bashed ever since he unsuccessfully tried to stop an offshore wind farm from being built in view of one of his Scottish golf courses. Mr. Trump insisted that wind farms “obviously” kill whales, although scientists have said there is no evidence to support that, and he said turbines “litter” the country and are like “garbage in a field.”
“We are going to have a policy where no windmills are being built,” Mr. Trump said."
Brad Plumer
Lisa Friedman and Brad Plumer report for the New York Times January 7, 2025.
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