US President Donald Trump says that wind farms harm birds and whales. Scientists weigh wind power's impacts on wildlife against those of oil and gas.
With President Trump's executive actions, some wind projects off the Massachusetts coast, such as the SouthCoast wind project, could be dead in the water.
Maine’s formal interest in developing ocean wind energy dates back to 2008, when former Gov. John Baldacci created an Ocean Energy Task Force to devise a strategy.
President Donald Trump suspended new federal offshore wind leasing pending an environmental and economic review, saying wind mills are ugly, expensive and harm wildlife.
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order temporarily halting offshore wind lease sales in federal waters and pausing the issuance of approvals, permits and loans for both onshore and offshore wind projects.
Residents upset with offshore wind turbine plans have found reprieve from a moratorium order from newly installed President Donald Trump.
In what could be good news for Australia, a Republican congressman says he has already drafted the executive order.
President-elect Donald Trump tasked a New Jersey congressman and vocal critic of offshore wind with writing an executive order he could issue to halt wind energy projects. Offshore wind is a major part of transitioning to an electric grid powered entirely ...
President Donald Trump has ordered a temporary suspension of new federal leases for offshore wind energy projects, pending a comprehensive environmental and economic review. The White House issued an executive action to halt offshore wind leasing on the US outer continental shelf, stating concerns over aesthetics, costs and wildlife impact.
Without providing evidence, he said offshore wind projects were behind ... of his strategy to decarbonize the U.S. power sector to fight climate change and his government held multiple auctions ...
In his first week as president, Donald Trump signed a slew of executive orders, including several to do with the environment.
Images from the past five days lay bare the trail of destruction caused by bush blazes that spiralled beyond control with fatal consequences