CanaryMedia: "States join fight against Trump administration’s wind farm blockade."
An addled as Don Quixote, Trump continues to tilt at windmills. "The Defense Department has essentially frozen permitting for new wind installations over the last year, preventing more than 155 projects from moving forward." Pushing back, 'a coalition of 18 states and Washington, D.C., has moved to join an industry lawsuit challenging the freeze on onshore wind projects in America.'
Trump's attacks on offshore wind have been the loudest + most brazen, but onshore wind has not been spared. Last July, the Interior Department created a “choke point” for permitting new wind and solar projects on federal lands. "One month later, in August 2025, the Defense Department quietly stopped issuing national-security approvals to onshore wind project—a move that has impacted dozens of gigawatts of wind projects across both public + private land." In May, industry groups + wind developers filed suit against the freeze, arguing that the delays created by the agency may threaten the viability of certain projects by causing them to miss deadlines to lock in expiring federal tax credits—or just as seriously—to interconnect to the grid.
"Trump claims the pause is necessary due to national security concerns." Laughably, he provided a similar justification when halting work on all 5 in-progress offshore wind farms last year, but the argument was swiftly rebuked by federal judges five different times. “For more than a decade, DoD engaged in a predictable review process and worked with developers to mitigate potential concerns,” according to Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell. The DoD’s delay tactics could negatively affect grid reliability, energy affordability, climate goals, and jobs—and undermine state sovereignty.
I would have to use much stronger insults than quixotic to describe what Trump is doing.
BTW, note in the photograph that sheep while may not be detectives but certainly find shade where they deduce it to be.
