{"id":2524114,"date":"2025-12-22T19:14:56","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T00:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-admin-halts-all-offshore-wind-farm-projects-after-pentagon-identifies-national-security-risks\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T19:19:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T00:19:02","slug":"trump-admin-halts-all-offshore-wind-farm-projects-after-pentagon-identifies-national-security-risks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-admin-halts-all-offshore-wind-farm-projects-after-pentagon-identifies-national-security-risks\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Admin Halts All Offshore Wind Farm Projects After Pentagon Identifies &#8216;National Security Risks&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-admin-halts-all-offshore-wind-farm-projects-after-pentagon-identifies-national-security-risks%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2524114&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Trump governance has ordered an immediate pause on leases for five major East coast offshore wind projects, saying the Pentagon identified <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-no-new-proactive-step-on-tiktok-deal-under-biden\/\" title=\"White House: No New \u2018Proactive Step\u2019 on TikTok Deal Under Biden\">national security risks<\/a>. The pause affects Vineyard Wind (Mass.), Revolution Wind (R.I.\/Conn.), Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind, and New York&#8217;s Sunrise Wind and Empire wind, and will allow the Interior Department to coordinate with the Department of Defense and other agencies to assess mitigation options. Officials cited concerns that turbine blades and reflective towers create radar &#8220;clutter&#8221; that can obscure or generate false targets, though the statement gave few technical details. Wind industry supporters and national security experts counter that the projects underwent lengthy federal and state review and would diversify U.S. energy supplies. The move follows a federal judge&#8217;s recent decision vacating President Trump&#8217;s executive order that sought to block wind leasing, and it drew sharp criticism from environmental groups and clean-energy advocates who call the pause illegal and harmful to affordable, homegrown power and jobs. The story was republished by The Western Journal from an Associated Press report.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; The Trump administration said Monday it is pausing leases for five <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/environmental-groups-pocket-millions-from-wind-industry\/\" title=\"Environmental Groups Pocket Millions From Wind Industry\">large-scale offshore wind projects<\/a> under construction along the East Coast due to what it said were national security risks identified by the Pentagon.<\/p>\n<p>The pause, effective immediately, is the latest step the administration has taken to reduce offshore wind. It comes two weeks after a federal judge struck down President Donald Trump&rsquo;s executive order blocking wind energy projects, calling it unlawful.<\/p>\n<p>The administration said the pause will give the Interior Department, which oversees offshore wind, time to work with the Department of War and other agencies to assess the possible ways to mitigate any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cruz-pushes-to-reinstate-sanctions-on-russian-pipeline-biden-supports-in-exchange-for-nominee-approvals\/\" title=\"Cruz Pushes to Reinstate Sanctions on Russian Pipeline Biden Supports in Exchange for Nominee Approvals\">security risks posed<\/a> by the projects.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The prime duty of the United States government is to protect the American people,&rdquo; Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said in a statement. &ldquo;Today&rsquo;s action addresses emerging national security risks, including the rapid evolution of the relevant adversary technologies, and the vulnerabilities created by large-scale offshore wind projects with proximity near our east coast population centers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The statement did not detail the national security risks.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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The clutter caused by offshore wind projects obscures legitimate moving targets and generates false targets in the vicinity of wind projects, the Interior Department said.<\/p>\n<p>National security expert and former Commander of the USS Cole Kirk Lippold said the projects were awarded permits &ldquo;following years of review by state and federal agencies,&rdquo; including the Coast Guard, the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, the Air Force, and more.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The record of decisions all show that the Department of Defense was consulted at every stage of the permitting process,&rdquo; he said, arguing that the projects would benefit national security because they would diversify the country&rsquo;s energy supply.<\/p>\n<p>The action comes two weeks after a federal judge struck down Trump&rsquo;s executive order blocking wind energy projects, saying the effort to halt virtually all leasing of wind farms on federal lands and waters was &ldquo;arbitrary and capricious&rdquo; and violates U.S. law.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Patti Saris of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts vacated Trump&rsquo;s Jan. 20 executive order blocking wind energy projects and declared it unlawful.<\/p>\n<p>Saris ruled in favor of a coalition of state attorneys general from 17 states and Washington, D.C., led by New York Attorney General Letitia James, that challenged Trump&rsquo;s Day One order that paused leasing and permitting for wind energy projects.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has been hostile to renewable energy, particularly offshore wind, and prioritizes fossil fuels to produce electricity.<\/p>\n<p>Wind supporters called the administration&rsquo;s actions illegal and asserted that offshore wind provides some of the most affordable, reliable electric power to the grid.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For nearly a year, the Trump administration has recklessly obstructed the build-out of clean, affordable power for millions of Americans, just as the country&rsquo;s need for electricity is surging,&rdquo; Ted Kelly of the Environmental Defense Fund said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Now the administration is again illegally blocking clean, affordable energy,&rdquo; Kelly said. &ldquo;We should not be kneecapping America&rsquo;s largest source of renewable power, especially when we need more cheap, homegrown electricity.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The administration&rsquo;s actions are especially egregious because, at the same time, it is propping up aging, expensive coal plants &ldquo;that barely work and pollute our air,&rdquo; Kelly said.<\/p>\n<p>The Conservation Law Foundation, a Boston-based environmental group, called the pause &ldquo;a desperate rerun of the Trump administration&rsquo;s failed attempt to kill offshore wind,&rdquo; noting that courts have already rejected the administration&rsquo;s arguments.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Trying again to halt these projects tramples on the rule of law, threatens jobs and deliberately sabotages a critical industry that strengthens &mdash; not weakens &mdash; America&rsquo;s energy security,&rdquo; 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