r/technology • u/Wagamaga • 2d ago

Energy Trump halts construction on nearly complete wind farm off Rhode Island

https://thepublicsradio.org/environment/trump-halts-construction-on-nearly-complete-wind-farm-off-rhode-island/
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u/OrderlyPanic 2d ago

The action itself is illegal but Trump has realized you can just do things. If it costs tens of millions in legal fees and years of delay in court to prevail then that will ruin the economics of almost all renewable energy projects. This isn't a one off either, he's even gone so far as to instruct the FAA to scrutinize proposed wind farms on private land due height (previously a routine matter of informing the FAA so they can make where the wind turbines are).

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u/CaptOblivious 2d ago

The action itself is illegal

So what would happen if the State and the company the State contracted with just ignored trump's bullshit?

I'm guessing, nothing.

If everyone just ignores his illegal edicts, he has no power.

It's time to teach him where his power ends.

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u/OrderlyPanic 2d ago edited 2d ago

They would be breaking the law and would get arrested.

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The project had a valid permit from the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. As the wind farm is 15 miles off shore and in Federal/US territorial waters, they need that permit to operate legally. They removed the permit on the basis of "national security", which is bullshit, but it's bullshit that the company will have to litigate in court. I don't understand why this is so hard for anyone to understand.

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u/RhoOfFeh 2d ago

Bullshit. There is no power of law in a dictatorial edict.